Circum-mediterranean ethnobotanical and ethnographic heritage in traditional technologies, tools, and uses of wild and neglected plants for food, medicine, textiles, dying, and handicrafts

Project Information

RUBIA

Grant agreement ID: ICA3-CT-2002-10023

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2003

End date 31 December 2005

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Total cost € 850 000,00

EU contribution € 850 000,00

Coordinated by

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
Netherlands

Objective

The research project will contribute to:
- point out an ethno botanical and folkloric history of useful plant (food, medicine, textiles, dying, handicrafts, basketry, and rituals) in Southern Europe and Northern Africa;
- analyse the role played by botanicals in the traditional technologies and tools used in traditional cooking and healing practices, in producing textiles and basketry , and in dying operations;
- disseminate and exchange this heritage thorough pre-existing ethnographical museums and new conceived ethno botanical collections.

Fields of science

Not validated

• humanities › history and archaeology › history
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › textiles

Programme(s)

• FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Topic(s)

Data not available

Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Hollandseweg 1 ; 6706 KN WAGENINGEN ; Netherlands
• Total cost: No data

Participants (7)

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Cyprus

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Env ; 1516 NICOSIA
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUT NATIONAL DES PLANTES MEDICINALES ET AROMATIQUES

Morocco

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rabat Institut ; 6388 RABAT
• Total cost: No data

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Michelogianni str., Sody, Akrotiri ; 73100 HANIA - CRETE
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Facultad de Farmacia, Campus Universitario de Cart ; 18071 GRANADA
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via dellA Pergola 48 ; 50121 FIRENZE
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UNIVERSITY OF MANSOURAH

Egypt

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Al Gamohria Street, 60 - Mansoura University ; 35516 MANSOURA
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF SAAD DAHLEB BLIDA

Algeria

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Douirete, Route de Soumaa ; 09100 BLIDA
• Total cost: No data