Amman – It ends today in Amman, Jordan, the two days of the first Euro-Med Hackathon dedicated to eco-efficiency in the food chain, within the project “MedSpring” (Mediterranean Science Policy Research and Innovation Gateway), the Euro -Med Hackathon is coordinated by CIHEAM IAMB (Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italian branch of the international organization Centre international de Hautes Etudes Mediterranean Agronomic) and aimed at the euro-Mediterranean cooperation in research and innovation, in particular among the three “societal challenges”: water, power and energy. Thirty young innovators from 10 countries of the Mediterranean – Algeria, Egypt, France, Jordan, Greece, Iraq, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Turkey-have to a jury of experts innovative projects to develop and launch on the market. The marathon will announce three winners, who will have the opportunity to take part in the third edition of Seeds & Chips, in Milan from 8 to 11 May 2017, whose founder and chairman, Marco Gualtieri, will show attendees the many opportunities of the Food Innovation. (9Colonne)
