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Turning climate-related information into added value for traditional MEDiterranean Grape, OLive and Durum wheat food systems

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MED-GOLD will demonstrate the proof-of-concept for climate services in the agriculture sector by developing case studies for three hallmarks of the Mediterranean food system: grapes, olives and durum wheat. Agriculture is primarily climate-driven and hence highly vulnerable to climate variability and change. Evidence suggests that the Mediterranean region is under immediate threat of shifting climate patterns and the associated ecological, economic and social effects. Developing a capacity to turn the increasingly big climate-related data into tailored climate services that can inform decision-making in agriculture, is therefore a priority both in Europe and worldwide. The long-term goal of this project is to make European agriculture and food systems more competitive, resilient, and efficient in the face of climate change, by using climate services to minimize climate-driven risks/costs and seize opportunities for added-value.

The MED-GOLD project aims to develop climate services for olive, grape, and durum wheat crop systems that are the basis for producing olive oil, wine and pasta. This set of crops and related food products is of utmost climatic, ecological, economic, and cultural relevance to the Mediterranean region. Because olive oil, wine and pasta are not only hallmarks of the Mediterranean diet but also food commodities with a global market, there is considerable potential for developing climate services with high added-value for olive, grape, and durum wheat. A key challenge is to co-design prototype pilot service applications involving both suppliers and users in the three major traditional Mediterranean crop systems so as to demonstrate the added-value of data/information-driven responses to changes in the climate system. The operational decision-making of users will be reviewed to either identify key decisions or introduce new actions that can benefit from climate-related information at different timescales from months to decades.

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.3.5.1. - Fighting and adapting to climate change

Topic(s)

SC5-01-2016-2017 - Exploiting the added value of climate services

Call for proposal

H2020-SC5-2017-OneStageB

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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE

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Lungotevere Grande Ammiraglio Thaon Di Revel 76
000196 Roma

Italy

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EU Contribution

€ 533 650

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BARILLA G. E R. FRATELLI SPA

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 148 021,25

BEETOBIT SRL

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 272 500

BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER - CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 445 000

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 264 750

DCOOP SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA ANDALUZA

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 272 013,75

EASYTOSEE AGTECH, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 270 182,50

GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE SA

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 472 097,50

HORTA SRL

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 199 957,50

JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Belgium

EU Contribution

€ 369 466,25

MET OFFICE

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 216 487,50

NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS

Greece

EU Contribution

€ 233 937,50

SOGRAPE VINHOS SA

Portugal

EU Contribution

€ 346 383,75

UNIVERSIDAD MILITAR NUEVA GRANADA

Colombia

EU Contribution

€ 48 525

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 602 995

PANEPISTIMIO THESSALIAS

Greece

EU Contribution

€ 295 000

Project information

MED-GOLD

Grant agreement ID: 776467

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 December 2017
End date

30 November 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.5.1.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 967,50
EU contribution

€ 4 990 967,50

Coordinated by:

AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE

Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MED-GOLD (Turning climate-related information into added value for traditional MEDiterranean Grape, OLive and Durum wheat food systems)

Reporting period: 2017-12-01 to 2018-11-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The MED-GOLD project prototypes climate services in agriculture by developing case studies for three hallmarks of the Mediterranean food system: grape, olive, and durum wheat. Climate services – the transformation of climate-related data and information into customised projections, forecasts, analyses for supporting decision-making at all levels – have the potential to become the intelligence behind a climate-resilient, low-carbon society. Agriculture is primarily climate-driven and hence highly vulnerable to climate variability and change. Evidence suggests the Mediterranean region is under immediate threat of shifting climate patterns and associated ecological, economic, and social effects. Developing a capacity to turn the increasingly big climate-related data into climate services that can inform decision-making in agriculture is therefore a priority both in Europe and worldwide.

The long-term goal of this project is to make European agriculture and food systems more resilient to climate change, using climate services to minimize risks/costs and seize opportunities for added value. MED-GOLD aims to develop climate services for olive, grape, and durum wheat crop systems that are the basis for producing olive oil, wine, and pasta. These crops and foods are of utmost climatic, ecological, economic, and cultural relevance to the Mediterranean region. Because they are not only hallmarks of the Mediterranean diet but also food commodities with a global market, there is considerable potential for developing climate services with high added value. To address added value directly, MED-GOLD co-designs pilot climate services involving both suppliers and users. Operational decision-making of users is reviewed to either identify key decisions or introduce new actions that can benefit from climate-related information at timescales from months to decades.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

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Project information

MED-GOLD

Grant agreement ID: 776467

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 December 2017
End date

30 November 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.5.1.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 967,50
EU contribution

€ 4 990 967,50

Coordinated by:

AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE

Project information

MED-GOLD

Grant agreement ID: 776467

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 December 2017
End date

30 November 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.5.1.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 967,50
EU contribution

€ 4 990 967,50

Coordinated by:

AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE

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