Project

Objectives

• To generate a better understanding, targeted governments and economic actors involved in the cereal value chain in the MENA region, of the external stressors and shocks that derive from GVCs and threaten local cereal supply chain and food security.
• To develop innovative solutions and evidence-based recommendations for strategies, action plans, and best practices that governments and economic actors of the MENA food systems along the cereal value chain can use to enhance the resilience of the systems and ensure food security.
• To improve the preparedness of governments and economic actors along the cereal value chain and in the food systems to anticipate and cope with external stressors and shocks by integrating new knowledge and data from available platforms into a Decision Support System (DSS) to guide the adoption of solutions, recommendations, and practices identified by the project.

Partners

• Politecnico di Milano, POLIMI (Italy)
• Università di Scienze Gastronomiche, UNISG (Italy)
• Collegio Carlo Alberto, CCA (Italy)
• Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association, EMEA (Spain)
• Economic Research Forum, ERF (Egypt)
• Ibnou Zohr University of Agadir, UIZ (Morocco)
• Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry, ASCAME (Spain)
• Soc. Cop. Agroalimentare e Agroindustriale del BRADANO SPA, BRADANO (Italy)
• Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations, CEEBA (Egypt)

The project includes agreements for its implementation with CCIS of Alexandria, CCIS of Casablanca-Settat, CCIS Fès-Meknès, CCIS Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, CCIS Sevilla, which are members of ASCAME, as well as the ASCAME-associated partner, the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC).

Sectors

• Agri-food
• Green Economy
• Business
• Innovation
• Digital skills
• Sustainable Development
• Environment & Climate change
• Water

Target groups

• EU Producers in the food global value chains
• MENA smallholders’ farmers and farmers cooperatives
• MENA and other private actors along the domestic cereals value chain
• MENA local authorities and agencies, decision-makers
• General Public

Beneficiaries

• Smallholders’ farmers
• Local governments
• Economic stakeholders
• The general public (all persons whose food security depends on reliable cereals supply in the MENA countries)

Budget

• The total amount of the project:2.692.925€
• % PRIMA contribution (for non-profit entities:100% financing

Timeline