Turning climate-related information into added value for traditional MEDiterranean Grape, OLive and Durum wheat food systems (MED-GOLD)

MED-GOLD project aims to translate state-of-the-art climate data and climate predictions — at the seasonal timescale and beyond — into easily accessible, valuable information for a wide range of end-users in the agriculture sector. MED-GOLD will build pilot climate services focusing on three key crops of the Mediterranean area: grapes, olives and durum wheat. These three crops – and their related food products, wine, oil, and pasta respectively – were chosen as case studies due to their high ecological, economic, and cultural relevance to the Mediterranean region in particular, but also in Europe and worldwide.

These climate services, including data, information and knowledge that support adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management, will be tailored to the end-users needs and co-designed by a consortium of the most relevant producers and stakeholders in the three sectors. The long-term goal of this project is to make European agriculture and food systems more competitive, resilient, and efficient in the face of climate change. The cumulative added value of MED-GOLD will range from enhancing agricultural management to supporting and informing policy-making at the Mediterranean, European and global levels. The climate services developed in MED-GOLD will pave the way for a new replicable framework, with the aim of extending its applicability beyond the case studies considered for the project. For example, the replicability of the MED-GOLD methodology will be tested for coffee, another important global agricultural commodity.

ECCA 2021 - Climate Adaptation solutions video - MED-GOLD