Sustainable Water Management and Climate-Resilient Agriculture: the WATDEV Training Course for East Africa and Egypt Gets Underway
19 January 2026Strengthening technical and scientific skills in the sustainable management of water resources in agriculture and enhancing the resilience of agri-food systems to climate change. This is the objective of the Training and Capacity Building Course organized by the Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IPSP) and CIHEAM Bari within the framework of the Climate Smart Water Management and Sustainable Development for Food and Agriculture in East Africa (WATDEV) project, an international initiative operating in East Africa and Egypt to promote more sustainable and adaptive…
Rethinking the Futures of Mediterranean Land and Water
10 October 2025The Mediterranean region faces interconnected challenges related to land degradation, water scarcity, and climate resilience. Addressing these issues requires systemic and cooperative solutions for sustainable land and water management. On 11 November 2025, the SALAM-MED project will host an international event in Athens to present key findings, share lessons learned, and strengthen collaboration among researchers. Main objectives: Showcase scalable and sustainable solutions for land and water management across the Mediterranean. Promote dialogue on Science Diplomacy as a tool for regional cooperation. Encourage intergenerational exchange and youth engagement through the NextGen4MED…
World Desertification and Drought Day
12 June 2023DD-Day 2023 – Press release Towards World Desertification and Drought Day Sassari, 16 June 2023 The Desertification and Drought Day (DD-day 2023), established in 1994 by the United Nations every 17 June, aims to promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification, loss of soil fertility and the resulting degradation of natural resources caused by human activities (pollution, excessive land use, overgrazing, deforestation, fires, irrigation with saline waters). The day is a unique opportunity to remind that the involvement and cooperation of communities at all levels is essential to…
Technical seminar Programme Life Mycorestore
1 June 2022Technical seminar“Use of native mycological resources as biocontrol agents of forest pathogens and to improve resilience of forests to climate change” On 16 June 2022 at the Sala Capitolare of the Abbey of Vallombrosa (Reggello, Florence) will be held a Technical Seminar organized by IPSP-CNR as part of the project LIFE MycoRestore LIFE18/CCA/001110 entitled “Use of Local Mycological Resources as Biocontrol Agents of Forest Pathogens and Resilience of Forests to Climate Change“. There will be authoritative colleagues as speakers from various parts of Italy: from the University of Florence,…
Webinar “Pathogenomics and Effectoromics of Verticillium Species”
4 June 2021We are pleased to invite you to attend the webinar entitled “Pathogenomics and Effectoromics of Verticillium Species”. It will be held on June 29th, 2021 from 16:00 to 18:00 CEST. Three estimated scientists will give interesting talks on general features of Verticillium wilts, fungus biology, and pathogenomics. We will understand why Verticillium spp. are so difficult to control, and will have a look at the main peculiarities of their population biology. Finally, we will learn about pathogen effectors that sabotage host machinery during the infection, and we will realize how…
3rd European Conference on Xylella Fastidiosa and XF-Actors Final Meeting
23 February 2021Building knowledge, protecting plant healthThe 3rd EFSA European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa and final meeting of the XF-ACTORS project will be held online between 26-30 April 2021. The meeting of XF-ACTORS, the EU Horizon 2020 research project devoted to this plant pathogenic bacterium, will precede the conference, which is organised by EFSA and XF-ACTORS with the active contribution of the major EU research initiatives tackling X. fastidiosa – BIOVEXO, CURE-XF, ERC MultiX, EUPHRESCO, EUROXANTH, and Life Resilience. The event will comprise the XF-ACTORS meeting, the European conference, and…