• GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
• PARTNERS
  • ARIMNET Members
  • ARIMNET Associated Partners
  • Other Partners
• WORKPACKAGES

• AGRICULTURE RESEARCH IN PARTNER COUNTRIES
• COUNTRYS REPORTS
• RESOURCES

• DISCUSSION FORUM

	INTRODUCTION
		The countries of the Mediterranean basin face a number of similar problems in relation to agriculture, mainly as regards the use and management of natural resources, such as soil and water, crop protection and threats to the security and sustainability of agricultural production resulting from climate change. These issues need to be identified and addressed through a stronger scientific cooperation between the EU Members and other countries of the Mediterranean area.

The project is expected to help coordinate national research activities and identify common research programmes among the countries of the Mediterranean area, fight fragmentation and exploit synergies.

		The very basis of ARIMNet is mapping the partners’ national research programmes in order to identify lacks, redundancies, complementarities, and synergies. The project will also identify partners’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Based on this information, research programmes will be modified in order to address uncovered topics, avoid overlapping, organise complementarities and maximise synergies. Joint activities constitute another pillar of the project. It includes integrating activities such as the creation of a web-based information exchange platform, take-up activities of best practices, joint training, sharing of scarce resources like expensive equipment. Last not least, ARIMNet will result in a joint vision of agricultural research in the Mediterranean Area and recommend a strategic agenda to reach the objectives.
	This ARIMNet Project is an ERANET action supported and funded under 7th Framework Programme (FP7) by the European Commission.