News and events

The BENEFIT-Med Layman’s report available soon !!!
This simplified summary of the BENEFIT-Med project (topics and outputs) has been designed by Cinzia Calvio (UNIPV Team) for a general public to communicate the

BENEFIT-Med Project Local Final Meeting at the PRIMA Projects Dissemination and Networking Day (Sfax, Tunisia)
The BENEFIT-Med Project Local Final Meeting – PRIMA Projects Dissemination and Networking Day was organized within the framework of the project BENEFIT-Med at the University of

Joint Workshop of the PRIMA Projects BENEFIT-Med, PROSIT and SIRAM
The projects BENEFIT-Med (https://www.benefit-med.eu/), PROSIT (https://www.prosit-prima.eu/), and SIRAM (https://www.siram-prima.org/) that share the results of the experimental activities carried out in a three-years frame during the

The legacy of the BENEFIT-Med project
The BENEFIT-Med Final Meeting was held in Pavia on 22nd-23rd October 2025. The successful outputs of the project, validated through dedicated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), represent

BENEFIT-Med at GRAINES 2025
The INRAE TEAM attended the Conference of the French Seed Network on 12th-14th November 2025 in Nantes (France) (https://graines2025.colloque.inrae.fr/). The INRAE Team has highlighted the

THE UNIPV TEAM WELCOMES Dr. HANEN EL ABED FROM UNIVERSITY OF SFAX – INTENSE SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSIONS ONGOING IN VIEW OF THE FINAL MEETING
Dr. Hanen El Abed, together with Dr. Andrea Pagano and Dr. Conrado Duenas, will work on the complex data generated from both bench- and field-based

JOINT WORKSHOP OF THE PRIMA PROJECTS BENEFIT-Med, PROSIT AND SIRAM – 24th October 2025 – SYNERGIES IN THE PRIMA NETWORKS!
The three projects share the results of the experimental activities carried out in a three-years frame during the Workshop “Root of Resilience: Microbial and Plant

BENEFIT-Med FINAL MEETING IS COMING SOON
THE CONSORTIUM WILL MEET IN PAVIA ON OCTOBER 22nd-23rd, 2025 TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT RESULTS AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE The Teams from Italy, France, Portugal, Germany,

BENEFIT-Med LECTURES: INVITED SPEAKER PROF. DIEGO RUBIALES (CSIC-SPAIN) SHARED HIS UPDATED VISION OF RESEARCH ADVANCES IN LEGUME BREEDING FOR DISEASE TRAITS, WITH FOCUS ON NEGLECTED SPECIES
The BENEFIT-Med Consortium attended the seminar titled: “Breeding orphan legumes adapted to Mediterranean rainfed farming systems“, held on June 2nd, 2025, together with many young
