Since 2007, CIHEAM publishes a three-monthly Watch Letter devoted to the major issues in Mediterranean food and agriculture.

Available in French and English, the letter is focused on a central theme and provides a series of news items on different aspects of agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin. This document is also a strategic tool to follow all the current CIHEAM activities.



Available Letters


Agriculture and Water resources in the Mediterranean (n°01, Spring 2007)

Identity and Quality of Mediterranean Foodstuffs (n°02, Summer 2007)

Zoonoses and Emerging Diseases in the Mediterranean (n°03, Autumn 2007)

The Aquaculture sector in the Mediterranean (n°04, Winter 2008)

Rising Food Prices and the Mediterranean (n°05, Spring 2008)

 The forest Fire problem in the Mediterranean (n°06, Summer 2008)

Organic farming in the Mediterranean (n°07, Autumn 2008)

Agrifood industries in the Mediterranean (n°8, Winter 2009)

 Drought management and desertification in the Mediterranean (n°9, Spring 2009)

Agricultural policies in the Mediterranean (n°10, Summer 2009)

 Agriculture, fisheries and rural development in the Mediterranean Islands (n°11, Autumn 2009)

Climate change and Mediterranean agriculture (n°12, Winter 2010)

  Food, nutrition and health in the Mediterranean (n°13, Spring 2010)


Letters in preparation

Rural women and agriculture (n°14, Summer 2010)

Agricultural trade and liberalization in the Mediterranean area (n°15, Autumn 2010)