The UJI is participating in a European project with nine Mediterranean institutions that will study the combination of citrus fruits and beekeeping to improve agronomic returns



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## The UJI is participating in a European project with nine Mediterranean institutions that will study the combination of citrus fruits and beekeeping to improve agronomic returns

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The Universitat Jaume I research group “Gestió integrada de plagues agrícoles” [Integrated Management of Agricultural Pests, GIPa], coordinated by the Professor of Plant Production Josep A. Jaques Miret, participates in the European project “*A sustainable mixed cropping*-*beekeeping system* in the *Mediterranean basin”* (Plant-B). The project is implemented by ten institutions from six  Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy and Spain)  and aims to study the combination “citrus/aromatic-medicinal plants/bees” in a mixed cultivation system to improve the sustainability and return of the  citrus crop and beekeeping in typically Mediterranean conditions.

“The introduction of honeybee hives during citrus flowering is a taboo in our citrus culture”, explains Josep A. Jaques. “However, in other countries, this practice continues to be the most consistent, effective and economical means of ensuring adequate citrus yields and a common practice for exploiting a very important resource for beekeeping”. The combination of both allows for a better use of resources (agricultural land, biological control agents and pollinators) and can contribute to improve the quality and safety of citrus and honey products, thus increasing the income of farmers and beekeepers.

“Given that, in our country, beekeeping and citriculture are considered incompatible”, says the researcher, “the results generated by our partners in other Mediterranean countries will be of great interest. For this reason, the team from the Universitat Jaume I will focus on improving biological control in citrus fruits using ecological infrastructures such as plant covers and the use of reservoir plants”.

The objectives of the project include developing and optimising the agricultural system in the Mediterranean region, improving the traceability of the quality and safety of honey products and determining the environmental and socio-economic sustainability of the new agricultural system through the use of new tools and strategies for integrated pest management (IPM) for citrus fruits and honey bees, case studies in the Mediterranean region and organising activities to disseminate the new knowledge among the groups concerned and the general public.

The organisations involved, in addition to the UJI, are Benaki Phytopathological Institute (BPI), project coordinator, and Stayia Farm (SF) from Greece; the Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique d'Algérie (INRAA) and the Université M’hamed Bougara de Boumerdès (UMBB) from Algeria; the Agriculture Research Centre (ARC) and North South Consultants Exchange (NSCE) from Egypt; the Institut National de  Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE)from France; and the University of Tuscia-Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (UNITUS-DAFNE) and the Consorzio Nazionale di Produttori Apistici (Conaproa) from Italy.

The partners of the consortium met at the end of January at the Benaki Phytopathological Institute in Kifissia (Greece), under the coordination of the researcher Konstantinos Kasiotis, for the official start up of the project. The representative of the European Union’s PRIMA Programme, Fabrice Dentressangle, and the Secretary General of Research and Technology of Greece, Marios Koniaris, also attended the meeting  The partners  presented  their institutions and their role in the project and the actions to be carried out during these first months were specified.

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