Med-Gold Project Will Present New Climate Service Tool for Farmers This Month

Researchers from the European Union-funded Med-Gold project will present the results of a four-year study at an online con­fer­ence at the end of March.

The Med-Gold project has spent the last four years gath­er­ing data for new cli­mate ser­vices that would help farm­ers mit­i­gate the effects of cli­mate change on three key­stone Mediterranean crops.

“The event will present the co-pro­duc­tion approach taken in the project to cre­ate a use­ful and usable cli­mate ser­vice tool for the agri­food sec­tor,” the two-day free event reg­is­tra­tion page reads.

During the con­fer­ence on March 29 and March 30, the project coor­di­na­tors will present end-user suc­cess sto­ries from early adopters of the pilot ser­vices from the three sec­tors: olives, wine and wheat.

“We will also dis­cuss the legacy of the Med-Gold project by explor­ing the soci­etal value and replic­a­bil­ity to other crops (such as cof­fee) and other regions beyond the ones tar­geted in the project,” the researchers said.

During the event, ​“inter­ac­tive approaches will allow atten­dees to under­stand bet­ter the value of cli­mate ser­vices for deci­sion mak­ing and how to deal with the uncer­tainty asso­ci­ated with such ser­vices,” the orga­niz­ers said.

The atten­dees will visit vir­tual stands and view posters, videos, user guides and other mate­r­ial devel­oped in Med-Gold and engage in dis­cus­sions with the pre­sen­ters and other project par­tic­i­pants.

“Ultimately, this event will enable atten­dees from dif­fer­ent com­mu­ni­ties in the value chain, includ­ing pro­duc­ers, trade, con­sumers and pol­i­cy­mak­ers, to share and exchange ideas regard­ing the poten­tial to apply and use Med-Gold pilot ser­vices in their own cross-sec­toral deci­sion-mak­ing con­texts,” orga­niz­ers wrote.

“This cross-fer­til­iza­tion among the dif­fer­ent sec­tors will be con­ducive to ideas that dis­rupt the sta­tus quo for food sys­tems that are sus­tain­able across the triple bot­tom line (i.e., envi­ron­men­tal, eco­nomic and social),” they added.

By reg­is­ter­ing on Swapcard, par­tic­i­pants can already access mate­ri­als that will be con­stantly updated as the event approaches.