MEDiterranean PROspects

The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB), established in 1962, is the Italian affiliate of the Centre International des Hautes Etudes Aagronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM) an inter-governmental institution founded under the auspices of the OECD and the Council of Europe. The main activities of the Institute are advanced education, training, research, consulting and international cooperation in the fields of irrigated agriculture, integrated pest management, organic farming and sustainable agriculture development. The Division of Land and Water Resources Management conducts research activities in the fields of water resources management, water saving and land conservation mainly in the Mediterranean environment. Since early 2007, the MAIB is an associate member of the Euro-Mediterranean Center for Climate Changes. In the period 2002-2006 the MAIB has coordinated two EU-funded Mediterranean-wide Thematic Networks on land degradation and soil conservation management to support sustainable development in the Mediterranean context (MEDCOASTLAND – http://medcoastland.iamb.it) and Water Saving in Mediterranean Agriculture (WASAMED – http://wasamed.iamb.it) involving more than 80 Mediterranean partners.