Iamz-Ciheam

The IAMZ is one of the four Mediterranean Agronomic Institutes of the CIHEAM (International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), an international intergovernmental organization –founded in 1962 at the joint initiative of the OECD and the Council of Europe– aiming to develop cooperation between Mediterranean countries through postgraduate training and promotion of cooperative research in the field of agriculture, food and sustainable rural development.

The IAMZ offers advanced courses for professionals, postgraduate specialization courses and MSc programmes. Furthermore, it promotes and coordinates cooperative research programmes as well as other various cooperation activities. There are five main functional areas at the IAMZ: "Plant production", "Animal production", "Environment", "Food science, technology and marketing", and "Fisheries and aquaculture". A good number of these activities are carried out in collaboration with various national and international institutions and take place both at the IAMZ and in other centres of Mediterranean countries.

The CIHEAM comprises thirteen member countries from the Mediterranean basin (Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey), four MAIs (Montpellier in France, Bari in Italy, Chania in Greece, Zaragoza in Spain) and a General Secretariat in Paris (France).