Project: Resilient, water- and energy- Efficient FORage and feed crops for Mediterranean Agricultural systems
Crop-livestock and feed systems have huge importance for Mediterranean regions to satisfy the increasing population demand for animal products (milk, eggs, meat), to increase the economic stability of smallholders and to produce typical animal products with high added-value, while contributing in all cases to sustainable farming, environment protection and efficient nutrient cycling. These systems are threatened, however, by the marked insufficiency of high-protein feedstuff, the overexploitation of forage resources, the increasing costs and/or the decreasing availability of irrigation water and mineral fertilizers, and the increasing drought and heat stress arising from climate change. The development of resilient, water- and energy-efficient forage and feed legume crops could definitely alleviate all of these constraints. This is the objective of the present project, which joins nine research institutions from Italy, France, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and USA in a closely integrated manner.
| Acronym | REFORMA |
| Duration | 01/09/2012 - 31/12/2016 |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | ARIMNet |
| Call | ARIMNet Call 2011 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algerian National Institute for Agricultural Research - Division des Agrosystèmes de l’Est | Partner | Algeria | |
| Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economics Analysis - Agricultural Research Council | Coordinator | Italy | |
| French National Institute for Agricultural Research - Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères | Partner | France | |
| Higher National Agronomic School | Partner | Algeria | |
| Institut des Régions Arides | Partner | Tunisia | |
| Joint Research Unit INRA / Dijon - Génétique et Ecophysiologie des Légumineuses à Graines | Partner | France | |
| National Institute of Agricultural Research | Partner | Morocco | |
| National Research Council - Institute for Animal Production System in Mediterranean Environment | Partner | Italy | |
| Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation - Forage Improvement Division | Partner | United States |