BENEFIT-Med at the Researchers’ Night 2024 in Pavia (Italy)
Young researchers of the BENEFIT-Med Team shared their passion for science and seeds, disseminating the core concepts of BENEFIT-Med, the precious value of orphan legumes and the need to fight climate change with innovative and sustainable strategies. Kids were enthusiastic to play with the orphan legumes seeds, listening at their fascinating history.
BENEFIT-Med Workshop II – September 12th, 2024
The workshop titled “Seed priming: a green tool for sustainable agriculture” showcased the result of the joint efforts of the two PRIMA projects BENEFIT-Med and OPTIMUS-Prime. The entire workshop was broadcasted live and is permanently available and accessible on the Youtube channel of Universitat Jaume I (Castellon de la Plana, Spain) The Coordinators Vicent Arbona […]
BLC3 Team at work! Time for LCA analysis …
BLC3 Team at work! Time for LCA analysis … … to assess the environmental impact and sustainability of the new BENEFIT-Med farming system when compared conventional solutions/practices locally available. Impacts will be assessed at the crop production system level, taking into account all agricultural activities.
Intense training led by the US Team
University of Sfax Team participated in the Conference BIODIV 2024 (The Fourth Mediterranean Biodiversity Conference) organised by ASCOB Syrtis in Sousse (Tunisia). During this event, the Team led an educational workshop on the effect of different priming methods evaluated on the orphan legumes trigonella (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.), grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.), and forage pea […]
Enthusiastic stakeholders welcome BENEFIT-Med
Open Day – Pavia (Italy) – Held on 24th June 2024 at the pilot site in Pavia. Sponsored by the Lombardy Society of Agronomy, the Association of Agronomists & Forest Operators, and the Association of Agro-Technologists. These key stakeholders, necessary to reach in a more effective way the local farmers, were positively impressed by the […]
Field trials with orphan legumes have been successfully closed !!!
Italy, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Greece and France: an incredible synergic effort to test the BENEFIT-Med target species under different climatic conditions around the Mediterranean Area. UNIPV TEAM with the support of INNOVA-TECH agronomists: field trials performed in North-Western Italy. Orphan legumes did very well and showed significant benefits in response to seed priming treatments. UFAS1: […]
SETTING ORPHAN LEGUMES FOR “ON-FARM” SEED PRIMING
The young researchers of the UNIPV BENEFIT-Med Team design protocols for sustainable “on-farm” seed priming. These protocols can be easily used by farmers. Open Days at pilot sites will be essential to promote orphan legumes adoption by farmers. Training will help this transition.
COULD SEED PRIMING HELP ORPHAN LEGUMES AGAINST CLIMATE-CHANGE NEGATIVE IMPACTS? FOLLOW OUR UPDATES !!!
Greenhouse stress tests are currently in progress in Italy (University of Pavia) and Greece (Agricultural University of Athens). We expect to gather additional knowledge that will help us to better understand the dynamics of the orphan legumes performace as “climate-ready crops”.
ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BENEFIT-Med ORPHAN LEGUMES UNDER OPTIMAL CONDITIONS: THE GREENHOUSE TRIAL AT INRAE, FRANCE.
Orphan legumes performance under controlled, physiological conditions. Plants were in good health, and they produced a strong vegetative mass. The results of the ongoing analyses of physiological and metabolic paramethers will help disclosing the distinctive features of the different accessions tested in the project.
ORPHAN LEGUMES UNDER THE LENS OF BENEFIT-Med RESEARCHERS … PROMISING RESULTS FROM TUNISIA
Researchers of the University of Sfax are processing the data collected from the field trial they carried out with orphan legumes treated with the seed priming protocols. Agronomic and physiological parameters being analysed by the BENEFIT-Med Team. A huge effort to compare the agronomic performance of orphan legumes grown at different pilot sites across the […]
