Agora MedSpring

Thanks to your active participation all of you have contributed to enlarge our community. In the frame of a new initiative @leap4fnssa we are now pleased to invite you to be part of a new and larger #EU-#Africa community: EAA EU-AU #Agora. agora.medspring.eu/en/articl… #agriculture

“Our goal is above all to create a business of knowledge, awareness and accompaniment which helps the transition towards a #sustainable #agriculture.” - Yassine Ben Menadi, founder of BioIntrants Technologie, #Tunisia. switchmed.eu/en/corners/star… via @switchmed #farming #soil

#Call for Candidatures to the 12th round of the Arab Program for #Sustainable #Energy Youth (APSEY). Apply now! Deadline: April 12, 2019. rcreee.org/content/apsey-cal… via @rcreee

Estimates call for a need to double the production of #food by 2050, but #water scarcity might spur a future food crisis because smallholder #farmers, who are especially at risk, produce a significant share of the world’s food. water-energy-food.org/news/n… via @NEXUSPlatform #nexus

[Save the date: 11-14 February 2019] The third @5ToiProject #Innovation week in #Tunisia gathers the most relevant experts to examine strategies for a smarter and more #sustainable Euro-mediterranean development for the years to come 5toi.eu/events/the-eu-med-in… #food #water #energy

.@Berytech is organizing the first event of its kind in #Lebanon gathering key players in the agri #food sector. Industry leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, startups, investors, researchers, students and visionaries will meet in #Beirut on February, 5 agrifoodday.berytech.org/

The Innovate #Green Competition is a cooperative initiative that aims to stimulate and unleash entrepreneurship and #innovation within university students in the #MiddleEast and North #Africa. More information via @SwitchMed: switchmed.eu/en/news/news-1/…

"In 2017, #Tunisia has been ranked 21st out of 133 countries in the field of #RenewableEnergy, winning 44 seats compared with the year 2016." - Report on the situation of public policies in the field of sustainable #energy by @WorldBank. africazine.com/rapport-sur-l… via @ZineAfrica

[paper] Researchers from @CIRAD and @Inra_France recently showed that inactivating a #gene, RECQ4, leads to a three-fold increase in recombination in #crops such as #rice, #pea and #tomato. globalplantcouncil.org/news-… via @GlobalPlantGPC #agriculture

"#Water stress and #drought are as old as civilization, and while human beings have devised many ways to guard against these threats, economies have evolved in ways that make us more vulnerable." post by @CharlesIceland via @worldresources. wri.org/news/water-stress-he… #waterscarcity