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The project titled “Fostering Agroforestry Benefits through Fig Tree Cultivation in the Mediterranean (AGROFIG – Supporting the Benefits of Agroforestry in Fig Cultivation in the Mediterranean),” in which our university is one of the partners, has been deemed eligible for funding under the second phase call of the PRIMA (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area) program, which is part of the European Union's Horizon Europe Program.
The project, developed under the theme of “Revitalizing agroforestry practices for sustainable land use and climate resilience in the Mediterranean region,” is being implemented as part of a multi-partner international collaboration. The AGROFIG project will be carried out under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Engin Ertan, a faculty member of the Department of Horticulture at our University's Faculty of Agriculture, representing Turkey.
Within the scope of the project, Prof. Dr. Göksel Armağan, a faculty member of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Faculty of Agriculture, Prof. Dr. Gönül Aydın and Assist. Prof. Dr. Selçuk Göçmez, from the Department of Soil and Plant Nutrition, and are serving as researchers.
The general coordination of the project is being carried out by the University of Pisa (UNIPI) in Italy. In addition to our university, the project includes partners from Spain's Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura (CICYTEX), Tunisia's Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), and Italy's Azienda Agricola Dimostrativa I Giardini di Pomona (AAP). The total duration of the project is planned to be three years, with a budget of approximately €100.000,00 for Turkey.
The AGROFIG project aims to promote sustainable land use and climate-resilient agricultural practices in the Mediterranean basin by reviving agroforestry in the context of fig cultivation. In this context, it is planned to integrate cover crops into fig orchards on farmers' lands. The project process will be carried out through interactive and participatory methods, involving market actors ranging from producers to intermediaries, wholesalers, and processors, as well as researchers and policymakers.
