WATERMELLON PRIMA project
@watermellon-prima.bsky.social
WaterMellon seeks to enhance the resilience of Mediterranean dry farming to climate change and water scarcity by integrating traditional and modern hydro-technologies with innovative agricultural practices.
Part of the PRIMA Programme supported by the EU.
Part of the PRIMA Programme supported by the EU.
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🎉We are glad to present our website!
👇Check it out! 👇
www.watermellon.eu
❗️Soon available in all consortium languages!
👇Check it out! 👇
www.watermellon.eu
❗️Soon available in all consortium languages!
The Agricultural University of Athens presented the WATERMELLON PRIMA project at a special event in Aliartos. 🌱
🎥 Watch the video to see the future of SustainableAgriculture. tvstar.gr/2025/11/14/a...
🎥 Watch the video to see the future of SustainableAgriculture. tvstar.gr/2025/11/14/a...
December 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Agricultural University of Athens presented the WATERMELLON PRIMA project at a special event in Aliartos. 🌱
🎥 Watch the video to see the future of SustainableAgriculture. tvstar.gr/2025/11/14/a...
🎥 Watch the video to see the future of SustainableAgriculture. tvstar.gr/2025/11/14/a...
The WATERMELLON PRIMA Project was showcased at the 1st Andalusian Congress on Social Economy, together with CARINA and Cooperativas Agroalimentarias de España. A key opportunity to boost visibility, foster networking, and explore new collaboration avenues. 🌱🤝
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The WATERMELLON PRIMA Project was showcased at the 1st Andalusian Congress on Social Economy, together with CARINA and Cooperativas Agroalimentarias de España. A key opportunity to boost visibility, foster networking, and explore new collaboration avenues. 🌱🤝
🌍 Driving Water Resilience in Mediterranean Agriculture! Our partner, CREA Ricerca, is spearheading innovations to tackle water scarcity and climate change.
💧We’re building a future where agriculture thrives despite water challenges.
🔗Full article watermellon.eu/crea-it-spea...
💧We’re building a future where agriculture thrives despite water challenges.
🔗Full article watermellon.eu/crea-it-spea...
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🌍 Driving Water Resilience in Mediterranean Agriculture! Our partner, CREA Ricerca, is spearheading innovations to tackle water scarcity and climate change.
💧We’re building a future where agriculture thrives despite water challenges.
🔗Full article watermellon.eu/crea-it-spea...
💧We’re building a future where agriculture thrives despite water challenges.
🔗Full article watermellon.eu/crea-it-spea...
🌱 Advancing sustainable agriculture in the Mediterranean! The @watermellon-prima.bsky.social met in Alexandria to tackle water scarcity, soil salinity & drought with innovative solutions.
✅Resilient cropping systems
✅Traditional+modern water strategies
👉 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
✅Resilient cropping systems
✅Traditional+modern water strategies
👉 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🌱 Advancing sustainable agriculture in the Mediterranean! The @watermellon-prima.bsky.social met in Alexandria to tackle water scarcity, soil salinity & drought with innovative solutions.
✅Resilient cropping systems
✅Traditional+modern water strategies
👉 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
✅Resilient cropping systems
✅Traditional+modern water strategies
👉 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
👋 🇪🇬 We’re wrapping up our three-day meeting in Egypt with the presentation of two inspiring projects with which we aim to build strong synergies in the framework of sustainable agriculture across the Mediterranean.
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
👋 🇪🇬 We’re wrapping up our three-day meeting in Egypt with the presentation of two inspiring projects with which we aim to build strong synergies in the framework of sustainable agriculture across the Mediterranean.
🌍 WATERMELLON PRIMA project consortium meeting in Alexandria!
Today in Alexandria, partners presented water harvesting systems developed in each participating country, as well as novel cropping systems: a total of 19 case studies were shared and discussed!
Today in Alexandria, partners presented water harvesting systems developed in each participating country, as well as novel cropping systems: a total of 19 case studies were shared and discussed!
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🌍 WATERMELLON PRIMA project consortium meeting in Alexandria!
Today in Alexandria, partners presented water harvesting systems developed in each participating country, as well as novel cropping systems: a total of 19 case studies were shared and discussed!
Today in Alexandria, partners presented water harvesting systems developed in each participating country, as well as novel cropping systems: a total of 19 case studies were shared and discussed!
🌊 Exciting days ahead for the WATERMELLON PRIMA project!
Today, 🌱 we visited the SRTA demo sites near Alexandria to see the demonstrations first-hand. They showed us an irrigation system on a quinoa plantation.
Today, 🌱 we visited the SRTA demo sites near Alexandria to see the demonstrations first-hand. They showed us an irrigation system on a quinoa plantation.
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🌊 Exciting days ahead for the WATERMELLON PRIMA project!
Today, 🌱 we visited the SRTA demo sites near Alexandria to see the demonstrations first-hand. They showed us an irrigation system on a quinoa plantation.
Today, 🌱 we visited the SRTA demo sites near Alexandria to see the demonstrations first-hand. They showed us an irrigation system on a quinoa plantation.
🌍What kind of future do we want, and what new forms of cooperation, science, and innovation do we need to get there?
🌱FAO Science & Innovation Forum 2025: Shaping the Future of Food & Agriculture
📅13–17 Oct 2025
📍FAO Headquarters, Rome (and online).
🔗 wefe4med.eu/event/fao-sc...
🌱FAO Science & Innovation Forum 2025: Shaping the Future of Food & Agriculture
📅13–17 Oct 2025
📍FAO Headquarters, Rome (and online).
🔗 wefe4med.eu/event/fao-sc...
October 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🌍What kind of future do we want, and what new forms of cooperation, science, and innovation do we need to get there?
🌱FAO Science & Innovation Forum 2025: Shaping the Future of Food & Agriculture
📅13–17 Oct 2025
📍FAO Headquarters, Rome (and online).
🔗 wefe4med.eu/event/fao-sc...
🌱FAO Science & Innovation Forum 2025: Shaping the Future of Food & Agriculture
📅13–17 Oct 2025
📍FAO Headquarters, Rome (and online).
🔗 wefe4med.eu/event/fao-sc...
DISCOVER #Wefe4Med EVENTS!
🌍Cairo Water Week
🗓️12-16 October 2025
📍Cairo, Egypt
📢Strategies for sustainable water management in a changing climate will be explored. The main theme 'Innovative Solutions for Climate Resilience and Water Sustainability' takes center page.
🔗 wefe4med.eu/event/cairo-...
🌍Cairo Water Week
🗓️12-16 October 2025
📍Cairo, Egypt
📢Strategies for sustainable water management in a changing climate will be explored. The main theme 'Innovative Solutions for Climate Resilience and Water Sustainability' takes center page.
🔗 wefe4med.eu/event/cairo-...
October 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
DISCOVER #Wefe4Med EVENTS!
🌍Cairo Water Week
🗓️12-16 October 2025
📍Cairo, Egypt
📢Strategies for sustainable water management in a changing climate will be explored. The main theme 'Innovative Solutions for Climate Resilience and Water Sustainability' takes center page.
🔗 wefe4med.eu/event/cairo-...
🌍Cairo Water Week
🗓️12-16 October 2025
📍Cairo, Egypt
📢Strategies for sustainable water management in a changing climate will be explored. The main theme 'Innovative Solutions for Climate Resilience and Water Sustainability' takes center page.
🔗 wefe4med.eu/event/cairo-...
🤝Building Mediterranean collaboration
The PRIMA Partnership Day, organised in BCN on Oct 1-2, brought together 65 projects from the 2023-2024 calls, with nearly 100 participants from across research, innovation, and sustainable development in the Mediterranean.
🔗 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
The PRIMA Partnership Day, organised in BCN on Oct 1-2, brought together 65 projects from the 2023-2024 calls, with nearly 100 participants from across research, innovation, and sustainable development in the Mediterranean.
🔗 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
October 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
🤝Building Mediterranean collaboration
The PRIMA Partnership Day, organised in BCN on Oct 1-2, brought together 65 projects from the 2023-2024 calls, with nearly 100 participants from across research, innovation, and sustainable development in the Mediterranean.
🔗 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
The PRIMA Partnership Day, organised in BCN on Oct 1-2, brought together 65 projects from the 2023-2024 calls, with nearly 100 participants from across research, innovation, and sustainable development in the Mediterranean.
🔗 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
🧑🎓On September 30, our partner ICU presented
@watermellon-prima.bsky.social at the American University of Beirut Open House 2025, organized by NGOi -Reimagining Partnerships & Sustainability in the Civil Society Sector
🔗 watermellon.eu/open-house-a...
@watermellon-prima.bsky.social at the American University of Beirut Open House 2025, organized by NGOi -Reimagining Partnerships & Sustainability in the Civil Society Sector
🔗 watermellon.eu/open-house-a...
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🧑🎓On September 30, our partner ICU presented
@watermellon-prima.bsky.social at the American University of Beirut Open House 2025, organized by NGOi -Reimagining Partnerships & Sustainability in the Civil Society Sector
🔗 watermellon.eu/open-house-a...
@watermellon-prima.bsky.social at the American University of Beirut Open House 2025, organized by NGOi -Reimagining Partnerships & Sustainability in the Civil Society Sector
🔗 watermellon.eu/open-house-a...
🙌On September 22nd, our partner Canale Emiliano Romagnolo (CER) held a workshop at Aqua Campus. Around 30 people participated, with a visit to the experimental fields together with UNIBO (University of Bologna).
watermellon.eu/workshop-org...
watermellon.eu/workshop-org...
October 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🙌On September 22nd, our partner Canale Emiliano Romagnolo (CER) held a workshop at Aqua Campus. Around 30 people participated, with a visit to the experimental fields together with UNIBO (University of Bologna).
watermellon.eu/workshop-org...
watermellon.eu/workshop-org...
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Hoy estamos en Barcelona con @watermellon-prima.bsky.social en el #PRIMAProgramDay.
👏Este evento es una gran oportunidad para conectar con otros proyectos y fomentar sinergias, construyendo una visión compartida para abordar los retos de la región mediterránea.
👏Este evento es una gran oportunidad para conectar con otros proyectos y fomentar sinergias, construyendo una visión compartida para abordar los retos de la región mediterránea.
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hoy estamos en Barcelona con @watermellon-prima.bsky.social en el #PRIMAProgramDay.
👏Este evento es una gran oportunidad para conectar con otros proyectos y fomentar sinergias, construyendo una visión compartida para abordar los retos de la región mediterránea.
👏Este evento es una gran oportunidad para conectar con otros proyectos y fomentar sinergias, construyendo una visión compartida para abordar los retos de la región mediterránea.
🌱 @watermellon-prima.bsky.social at AAIC 2025: The Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops, organised in the USA.
Poster presented: “Underutilized Climate-Resilient Cereals in Sustainable Farming: The Emerging Potential of Quinoa, Teff, and Tritordeum”
🔗 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
Poster presented: “Underutilized Climate-Resilient Cereals in Sustainable Farming: The Emerging Potential of Quinoa, Teff, and Tritordeum”
🔗 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
October 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🌱 @watermellon-prima.bsky.social at AAIC 2025: The Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops, organised in the USA.
Poster presented: “Underutilized Climate-Resilient Cereals in Sustainable Farming: The Emerging Potential of Quinoa, Teff, and Tritordeum”
🔗 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
Poster presented: “Underutilized Climate-Resilient Cereals in Sustainable Farming: The Emerging Potential of Quinoa, Teff, and Tritordeum”
🔗 watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
🌱💧 At PRIMA Partnership Day, our project had the chance to create synergies that go far beyond the scope of each initiative. Together, we are reaching out to a common audience across the Mediterranean, facing shared challenges and working side by side on real practices for a smarter farming future.
October 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🌱💧 At PRIMA Partnership Day, our project had the chance to create synergies that go far beyond the scope of each initiative. Together, we are reaching out to a common audience across the Mediterranean, facing shared challenges and working side by side on real practices for a smarter farming future.
👀Today, @watermellon-prima.bsky.social is participating in the #PRIMAProgram Day that is taking place in Barcelona.
👏This event is a great opportunity to connect with other projects and foster synergies, building a shared vision to address the challenges of the Mediterranean region.
👏This event is a great opportunity to connect with other projects and foster synergies, building a shared vision to address the challenges of the Mediterranean region.
October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
👀Today, @watermellon-prima.bsky.social is participating in the #PRIMAProgram Day that is taking place in Barcelona.
👏This event is a great opportunity to connect with other projects and foster synergies, building a shared vision to address the challenges of the Mediterranean region.
👏This event is a great opportunity to connect with other projects and foster synergies, building a shared vision to address the challenges of the Mediterranean region.
🌱 @watermellon-prima.bsky.social was presented at the SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics Sensors + Imaging International Conference in Madrid on 16th Sept.
👉 Read more about our presentation:
watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
👉 Read more about our presentation:
watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
September 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🌱 @watermellon-prima.bsky.social was presented at the SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics Sensors + Imaging International Conference in Madrid on 16th Sept.
👉 Read more about our presentation:
watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
👉 Read more about our presentation:
watermellon.eu/watermellon-...
🌱💧On August 24, @watermellon-prima.bsky.social held its 2nd stakeholders’ workshop in Yohmor, Lebanon. Organized by ICU – Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria with local cooperatives, it gathered farmers, engineers, cooperatives & local authorities.
FULL NEWS👇
watermellon.eu/second-stake...
FULL NEWS👇
watermellon.eu/second-stake...
August 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🌱💧On August 24, @watermellon-prima.bsky.social held its 2nd stakeholders’ workshop in Yohmor, Lebanon. Organized by ICU – Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria with local cooperatives, it gathered farmers, engineers, cooperatives & local authorities.
FULL NEWS👇
watermellon.eu/second-stake...
FULL NEWS👇
watermellon.eu/second-stake...
🌱 Sustainable Farming on the Terraces of Crete 🌱
In the village of Polyrrinia, Kissamos (Chania, Crete), the Sgouromalli family has been cultivating carob trees for more than 20 years on their steep, terraced land.
youtu.be/lgIAqwbgu7g
In the village of Polyrrinia, Kissamos (Chania, Crete), the Sgouromalli family has been cultivating carob trees for more than 20 years on their steep, terraced land.
youtu.be/lgIAqwbgu7g
Interview to a family of farmers that work with carob trees in Kissamos, Crete (Greece)
YouTube video by Watermellon Prima Project
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August 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🌱 Sustainable Farming on the Terraces of Crete 🌱
In the village of Polyrrinia, Kissamos (Chania, Crete), the Sgouromalli family has been cultivating carob trees for more than 20 years on their steep, terraced land.
youtu.be/lgIAqwbgu7g
In the village of Polyrrinia, Kissamos (Chania, Crete), the Sgouromalli family has been cultivating carob trees for more than 20 years on their steep, terraced land.
youtu.be/lgIAqwbgu7g
💧🌱 Explore Watermellon, meet our partners, and check out resilient crops like Carob Tree, Teff, Quinoa & more 🌾
📍 Discover 19 Mediterranean farming sites & innovative systems 📑 Factsheets here: watermellon.eu/crop-factshe...
#Sustainability #ClimateResilience #Innovation
📍 Discover 19 Mediterranean farming sites & innovative systems 📑 Factsheets here: watermellon.eu/crop-factshe...
#Sustainability #ClimateResilience #Innovation
August 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
💧🌱 Explore Watermellon, meet our partners, and check out resilient crops like Carob Tree, Teff, Quinoa & more 🌾
📍 Discover 19 Mediterranean farming sites & innovative systems 📑 Factsheets here: watermellon.eu/crop-factshe...
#Sustainability #ClimateResilience #Innovation
📍 Discover 19 Mediterranean farming sites & innovative systems 📑 Factsheets here: watermellon.eu/crop-factshe...
#Sustainability #ClimateResilience #Innovation
💪💧Local farmers join forces with @watermellon-prima.bsky.social to Tackle Climate Challenges!
On July 26, the first workshop in Lebanon was celebrated, gathering local stakeholders to explore climate-smart agriculture and how crops like can boost resilience to drought watermellon.eu/local-farmer...
On July 26, the first workshop in Lebanon was celebrated, gathering local stakeholders to explore climate-smart agriculture and how crops like can boost resilience to drought watermellon.eu/local-farmer...
July 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
💪💧Local farmers join forces with @watermellon-prima.bsky.social to Tackle Climate Challenges!
On July 26, the first workshop in Lebanon was celebrated, gathering local stakeholders to explore climate-smart agriculture and how crops like can boost resilience to drought watermellon.eu/local-farmer...
On July 26, the first workshop in Lebanon was celebrated, gathering local stakeholders to explore climate-smart agriculture and how crops like can boost resilience to drought watermellon.eu/local-farmer...
💪Empowering Sustainable Farming in the Mediterranean. We’re building regional living labs, reviving traditional water practices, and developing climate-smart solutions for arid soils. The project blends innovation and tradition to drive lasting impact across the region 👀 watermellon.eu
July 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
💪Empowering Sustainable Farming in the Mediterranean. We’re building regional living labs, reviving traditional water practices, and developing climate-smart solutions for arid soils. The project blends innovation and tradition to drive lasting impact across the region 👀 watermellon.eu
🎤Our partner ICU presented the project at a Beirut workshop with agri experts. Discussions focused on investment opportunities, sector challenges in Lebanon, and solutions.
👍We're proud to see the WaterMellon Project gaining interest among key stakeholders!
watermellon.eu/lebanons-agr...
👍We're proud to see the WaterMellon Project gaining interest among key stakeholders!
watermellon.eu/lebanons-agr...
July 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🎤Our partner ICU presented the project at a Beirut workshop with agri experts. Discussions focused on investment opportunities, sector challenges in Lebanon, and solutions.
👍We're proud to see the WaterMellon Project gaining interest among key stakeholders!
watermellon.eu/lebanons-agr...
👍We're proud to see the WaterMellon Project gaining interest among key stakeholders!
watermellon.eu/lebanons-agr...
🎉We are glad to present our website!
👇Check it out! 👇
www.watermellon.eu
❗️Soon available in all consortium languages!
👇Check it out! 👇
www.watermellon.eu
❗️Soon available in all consortium languages!
June 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎉We are glad to present our website!
👇Check it out! 👇
www.watermellon.eu
❗️Soon available in all consortium languages!
👇Check it out! 👇
www.watermellon.eu
❗️Soon available in all consortium languages!
🌍 Proud to see our partner’s regional branch, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de Andalucía, host the 1st Convention of agri-food cooperative technicians in Andalusia (🇪🇸)
🧠 350+ participants, strong focus on collaboration, and R&D&I projects like CARINA project and #WaterMellon on display!
🧠 350+ participants, strong focus on collaboration, and R&D&I projects like CARINA project and #WaterMellon on display!
June 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🌍 Proud to see our partner’s regional branch, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de Andalucía, host the 1st Convention of agri-food cooperative technicians in Andalusia (🇪🇸)
🧠 350+ participants, strong focus on collaboration, and R&D&I projects like CARINA project and #WaterMellon on display!
🧠 350+ participants, strong focus on collaboration, and R&D&I projects like CARINA project and #WaterMellon on display!