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.
💦 Agriculture for Everyone at the #WATERMELLON #PRIMA project!
➡️20 partner organizations
➡️across 10 Mediterranean countries
➡️materials in 7 languages
👉 Check the Cyprus site: carob field management, soil treatments, drip irrigation, crop monitoring, and detailed climate & site data. 🌱
➡️20 partner organizations
➡️across 10 Mediterranean countries
➡️materials in 7 languages
👉 Check the Cyprus site: carob field management, soil treatments, drip irrigation, crop monitoring, and detailed climate & site data. 🌱
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
💦 Agriculture for Everyone at the #WATERMELLON #PRIMA project!
➡️20 partner organizations
➡️across 10 Mediterranean countries
➡️materials in 7 languages
👉 Check the Cyprus site: carob field management, soil treatments, drip irrigation, crop monitoring, and detailed climate & site data. 🌱
➡️20 partner organizations
➡️across 10 Mediterranean countries
➡️materials in 7 languages
👉 Check the Cyprus site: carob field management, soil treatments, drip irrigation, crop monitoring, and detailed climate & site data. 🌱
New carob demosite in Tsikalaria, Crete 🇬🇷 under the WATERMELLON project 🌿
Factsheet available with phenology calendar and key site details.
#SustainableFarming #WATERMELLON
Factsheet available with phenology calendar and key site details.
#SustainableFarming #WATERMELLON
February 2, 2026 at 11:19 AM
New carob demosite in Tsikalaria, Crete 🇬🇷 under the WATERMELLON project 🌿
Factsheet available with phenology calendar and key site details.
#SustainableFarming #WATERMELLON
Factsheet available with phenology calendar and key site details.
#SustainableFarming #WATERMELLON
🌱 Let us introduce you to #LUPIN 🌱
White Lupin (Lupinus albus L.), a high-protein, drought- and salinity-tolerant #crop.
👉 Discover its agronomic, environmental & industrial potential on our website.
#SustainableAgriculture #ResilientCrops #ProteinCrops
White Lupin (Lupinus albus L.), a high-protein, drought- and salinity-tolerant #crop.
👉 Discover its agronomic, environmental & industrial potential on our website.
#SustainableAgriculture #ResilientCrops #ProteinCrops
January 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
🌱 Let us introduce you to #LUPIN 🌱
White Lupin (Lupinus albus L.), a high-protein, drought- and salinity-tolerant #crop.
👉 Discover its agronomic, environmental & industrial potential on our website.
#SustainableAgriculture #ResilientCrops #ProteinCrops
White Lupin (Lupinus albus L.), a high-protein, drought- and salinity-tolerant #crop.
👉 Discover its agronomic, environmental & industrial potential on our website.
#SustainableAgriculture #ResilientCrops #ProteinCrops
🌱 WATERMELLON – Demo Site Spotlight!
Have a look to the last update from our demo site at Acqua Campus, Bologna, Italy, with our partners CER & Università di Bologna.
💧Innovative irrigation and agronomic practices for #Millet and #Quinoa 💧
More about us: 👉 watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
Have a look to the last update from our demo site at Acqua Campus, Bologna, Italy, with our partners CER & Università di Bologna.
💧Innovative irrigation and agronomic practices for #Millet and #Quinoa 💧
More about us: 👉 watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
🌱 WATERMELLON – Demo Site Spotlight!
Have a look to the last update from our demo site at Acqua Campus, Bologna, Italy, with our partners CER & Università di Bologna.
💧Innovative irrigation and agronomic practices for #Millet and #Quinoa 💧
More about us: 👉 watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
Have a look to the last update from our demo site at Acqua Campus, Bologna, Italy, with our partners CER & Università di Bologna.
💧Innovative irrigation and agronomic practices for #Millet and #Quinoa 💧
More about us: 👉 watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
💧 Innovation in action at our Monterotondo demo site 🇮🇹
A big thank you to our partnre CERA IT for their valuable contribution, showcasing how smart water storage can support Mediterranean #farming with #sorghum & #quinoa 💧🌾 and helping test practical solutions for #Mediterranean #agriculture 🌱
A big thank you to our partnre CERA IT for their valuable contribution, showcasing how smart water storage can support Mediterranean #farming with #sorghum & #quinoa 💧🌾 and helping test practical solutions for #Mediterranean #agriculture 🌱
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM
💧 Innovation in action at our Monterotondo demo site 🇮🇹
A big thank you to our partnre CERA IT for their valuable contribution, showcasing how smart water storage can support Mediterranean #farming with #sorghum & #quinoa 💧🌾 and helping test practical solutions for #Mediterranean #agriculture 🌱
A big thank you to our partnre CERA IT for their valuable contribution, showcasing how smart water storage can support Mediterranean #farming with #sorghum & #quinoa 💧🌾 and helping test practical solutions for #Mediterranean #agriculture 🌱
🌱 New demo site from Foggia, Italy is online!
Discover rotation schemes, conservation agriculture & subirrigation for #quinoa, #teff & #tritordeum under a Mediterranean climate.
#DemoSites #WaterSmartFarming #SustainableAgriculture #MediterraneanFarming #AgInnovation
Discover rotation schemes, conservation agriculture & subirrigation for #quinoa, #teff & #tritordeum under a Mediterranean climate.
#DemoSites #WaterSmartFarming #SustainableAgriculture #MediterraneanFarming #AgInnovation
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
🌱 New demo site from Foggia, Italy is online!
Discover rotation schemes, conservation agriculture & subirrigation for #quinoa, #teff & #tritordeum under a Mediterranean climate.
#DemoSites #WaterSmartFarming #SustainableAgriculture #MediterraneanFarming #AgInnovation
Discover rotation schemes, conservation agriculture & subirrigation for #quinoa, #teff & #tritordeum under a Mediterranean climate.
#DemoSites #WaterSmartFarming #SustainableAgriculture #MediterraneanFarming #AgInnovation
🌱 Discover the latest from our Water-Smart Farming Demo Sites!
Check out the Kouklia site in Cyprus – sustainable carob fields, soil treatments & adapted irrigation.
👉 Explore all demo site details here: watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
#WaterSmartFarming #SustainableAg #DemoSites
Check out the Kouklia site in Cyprus – sustainable carob fields, soil treatments & adapted irrigation.
👉 Explore all demo site details here: watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
#WaterSmartFarming #SustainableAg #DemoSites
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🌱 Discover the latest from our Water-Smart Farming Demo Sites!
Check out the Kouklia site in Cyprus – sustainable carob fields, soil treatments & adapted irrigation.
👉 Explore all demo site details here: watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
#WaterSmartFarming #SustainableAg #DemoSites
Check out the Kouklia site in Cyprus – sustainable carob fields, soil treatments & adapted irrigation.
👉 Explore all demo site details here: watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
#WaterSmartFarming #SustainableAg #DemoSites
🌱 Egypt 2 demo sites are now online!
📍 Alexandria – 2 locations:
1 - Experimental Site: Quinoa 🌾 + drip irrigation
2 - Water Smart Farming: Opuntia 🌵 + drip irrigation
Congrats to SRTA-City 🇪🇬 !👏
🔗 Full details: watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
#AgInnovation #SustainableFarming
@ec.europa.eu
📍 Alexandria – 2 locations:
1 - Experimental Site: Quinoa 🌾 + drip irrigation
2 - Water Smart Farming: Opuntia 🌵 + drip irrigation
Congrats to SRTA-City 🇪🇬 !👏
🔗 Full details: watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
#AgInnovation #SustainableFarming
@ec.europa.eu
January 21, 2026 at 2:51 PM
🌱 Egypt 2 demo sites are now online!
📍 Alexandria – 2 locations:
1 - Experimental Site: Quinoa 🌾 + drip irrigation
2 - Water Smart Farming: Opuntia 🌵 + drip irrigation
Congrats to SRTA-City 🇪🇬 !👏
🔗 Full details: watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
#AgInnovation #SustainableFarming
@ec.europa.eu
📍 Alexandria – 2 locations:
1 - Experimental Site: Quinoa 🌾 + drip irrigation
2 - Water Smart Farming: Opuntia 🌵 + drip irrigation
Congrats to SRTA-City 🇪🇬 !👏
🔗 Full details: watermellon.eu/demonstratio...
#AgInnovation #SustainableFarming
@ec.europa.eu
🌱 University of Skikda is boosting integrated farming in Sétif, Algeria!
Demo site: farmers, advisors & researchers are testing sustainable crop, livestock & aquaculture systems.
💧 First Regional Farming Group (RFG) 🔜 More RFGs and demo days coming in 2026!
#SustainableAg #ClimateSmartFarming
Demo site: farmers, advisors & researchers are testing sustainable crop, livestock & aquaculture systems.
💧 First Regional Farming Group (RFG) 🔜 More RFGs and demo days coming in 2026!
#SustainableAg #ClimateSmartFarming
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM
🌱 University of Skikda is boosting integrated farming in Sétif, Algeria!
Demo site: farmers, advisors & researchers are testing sustainable crop, livestock & aquaculture systems.
💧 First Regional Farming Group (RFG) 🔜 More RFGs and demo days coming in 2026!
#SustainableAg #ClimateSmartFarming
Demo site: farmers, advisors & researchers are testing sustainable crop, livestock & aquaculture systems.
💧 First Regional Farming Group (RFG) 🔜 More RFGs and demo days coming in 2026!
#SustainableAg #ClimateSmartFarming
🌱 Farmers + innovation = climate-smart solutions!
In Douar Akrich, Morocco, WaterMellon worked with local farmers to restore ancient Khettaras & Seguias, test drought-tolerant crops 🌾💧, and boost soil health.
Resilient agriculture in action! 💪
🔗 More infornation on our website: watermellon.eu
In Douar Akrich, Morocco, WaterMellon worked with local farmers to restore ancient Khettaras & Seguias, test drought-tolerant crops 🌾💧, and boost soil health.
Resilient agriculture in action! 💪
🔗 More infornation on our website: watermellon.eu
January 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
🌱 Farmers + innovation = climate-smart solutions!
In Douar Akrich, Morocco, WaterMellon worked with local farmers to restore ancient Khettaras & Seguias, test drought-tolerant crops 🌾💧, and boost soil health.
Resilient agriculture in action! 💪
🔗 More infornation on our website: watermellon.eu
In Douar Akrich, Morocco, WaterMellon worked with local farmers to restore ancient Khettaras & Seguias, test drought-tolerant crops 🌾💧, and boost soil health.
Resilient agriculture in action! 💪
🔗 More infornation on our website: watermellon.eu
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.