PROGRAMME

THURSDAY, 10 September 2026

 

08:30 – 09:30	Registration Conference Center of CIHEAM-MAICh
09:30 – 11:00 Room: ARISTOTLE	Introductory session, Chair: Konstadinos Mattas Welcoming address: Baourakis George, Director CIHEAM-MAICh Opening address: Teodoro Miano, Secretary General of CIHEAM, Paris, France Key-Note Speaker Donato Romano, University of Florence, Italy THEME: From food as a commodity to the geopolitics of food

SESSION 1A

Labels and Sustainable Food Choices

Room: ARISTOTLE

Chair: Alessandro Banterle

Consumer Perceptions of Fish Raised in Treated Wastewater-Based Aquaponics Through the Human–Animal–Environment Nexus

Yeter Gizem - Vecchio Yari - Baourakis George - Slater Matthew James - Adinolfi Felice

Aggregate or Detailed? How Eco-Label Design Shapes Trust and Sustainable Food Choices

Tiganis Antonios - Vásquez Geraldine - Chrysochou Polymeros - Alexi Niki

Bridging the Intention – Action Behaviour Gap in the Promotion of PDO-certified Cheese in Greece

Koullias Konstantinos - Mattas Konstadinos - Tsakiridou Efthimia - Lazaridou Dimitra - Panagiotidou Theodora

Sustainability in Mediterranean Dairy Farming Systems: A Consumer-Based Study

Vecchio Yari - Masi Margherita - Yeter Gizem - Accattino Francesco - Chaibi Khadija -Baourakis George - Visentin Giulio - Adinolfi Felcie - Costa Angela

Understanding Consumer Responses to Environmental and Organic Labels: A Cognitive and Behavioral Approach

De Marchi Elisa - Fadini Irene - Banterle Alessandro - Cavaliere Alessia

 

Session 1b

Consumer Analytics and Food Choice        

Room: SOCRATES

Chair: Aslı Zuluğ

Using machine learning to forecast consumers’ uptake of branded potatoes

Revoredo Giha Cesar - Dogbe Wisdom - Toma Luiza

Bridging the Macro-Micro Divide: A State-of-the-Art Review on Integrating Big Data and Eye-Tracking to Understand Consumer Food Choice

Zouaghi Amine - Menozzi Davide - Sogari Giovanni

Online Grocery Environments and Their Impact on Dietary Management

Baumer Jana - Russell Tomás - Xhakollari Vilma

A Systematic Review of the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainable Food Choices

Dutta Soma - Mitchell Eileen - McCallum Chloe

Can Artificial Intelligence Support Sustainable Gastronomy? Exploring Chefs’ Adoption, Perceived Benefits, and Future Expectations

Zuluğ Aslı

Session 2a

Smart Farming and Decision Support

Room: ARISTOTLE

Chair: Revoredo Giha Cesar

Predicting Water Quality Changes from the Implementation of Agricultural Conservation Practices Using a Machine Learning Approach

Cho Seojin - Zhang Wei

Enhancing Water Productivity of ‘Picual’ Olive Using Aloe vera Biostimulant under Different Irrigation Systems in Arid Regions

Abd El Motelb Maryam M. Mostafa - Abdel Azim Khaled G. - Bakr Radwa - Fawzey Mostafa Emad

Aligning Digital Innovation with Economic Reality: Quantifying the Economic Value of Prediction Accuracy in Crop Disease Decision Support Tools

Progl Leonie - Storm Hugo

Governing AI for Resilient Agri-Food Systems: An Agricultural Economics Perspective on Climate Adaptation and Policy Coherence in Europe and Beyond

Doukas Yannis

Growing with Less: Hydroponic Transitions and Digital Innovation for Resilient Agri-Food Systems in Water-Scarce Regions: Economic, Policy, and Societal Dimensions

Pomoni Dimitra - Doukas Yannis - Koukou Maria - Vrachopoulos Michail

 

Session 2b

Crop Diversification and Agroecology

Room: SOCRATES

Chair: Murat Yercan

Uniform Incentives, Heterogeneous Landscapes: Within-Farm Allocation of Biodiversity Areas under Agri-Environmental Schemes

Plankensteiner Tobias - Niedermayr Andreas - Kantelhardt Jochen

Attitudes of Olive Growers toward Climate Change and Nature-Based Solutions: Evidence from the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Tsourgiannis Lambros - Markopoulos Theodoros - Papadopoulos Sotirios

From Recognition to Adoption: Stakeholder Perceptions of Legumes in European Agri-Food Systems

Syndoukas Nikolaos – Mattas Konstadinos - Tsakiridou Efthimia - Staboulis Christos

How stakeholders assess the compatibility of digital technologies and agroecology in Europe

Reimand Karl - Niedermayr Andreas - Moroder Alma – Bellingrath Kimura Sonoko – Meyer Aurich Andreas - Schwierz Friederike - Anastasiou Evangelos - Behrendt Karl - Fountas Spyros - Gabriel Andreas - Gandorfer Markus - Landi Andrea - Lowenberg DeBoer James - Maritan Elias - Mumbi Anne - Papantonatou Maria Zoi - Pedersen Søren Marcus - Pesonen Liisa - Reis Pereira António - Spykman Olivia - Timm Stephanie - Vila Verde Cidália - Kantelhardt Jochen

Behavioral Barriers to Crop Diversification in Türkiye

Atakan Pelin - Günden Cihat - Yercan Murat - Mattas Konstadinos

Session 3A

AI Governance and System Resilience

Room: ARISTOTLE

Chair: Christian Schob

Understanding food security drivers in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss: a resilience framework from EU Living Labs

Kandel Giri

AI-Enabled Circular Transitions in Agri-Food Systems: Linking Behaviour, Ecosystem Goals and Regional Resilience

Toma Luiza - Revoredo Giha Cesar

Administrative Complexity Bias in AI-Driven Agriculture: Evidence from the CAP

Alexander Durach

Digital Agriculture for What Transition? An AI-Augmented Structural Analysis of Research Trajectories and Contextual Alignment

Theofilou Asterios - Nastis Stefanos - Mattas Konstadinos - Theofilou Konstantinos

PHENOTYPOS - A whole-plant high throughput phenotyping platform to improve plant productivity, agricultural sustainability, and resilience to climate change. “The cereal case study”

Louka Stavros - Bassil Elias - Antoniou Chrystalla - Karpasitou Katerina - Soteriou Georgos - Emmanouilidou Maria - Pallides Andreas - Papadopoulos Harris - Zhao Xindi - Constantinides Andreas - Katsiotis Andreas - Fotopoulos Vassilis - Nikoloudakis Nikos - Panayiotou Charalambos - Constantinou Christos - Tsapparellas Kyriakos - Spyritos Petros - Petasis Kyriakos - Kyriacou Marios - Kyratzis Angelos

 

Session 3b

AI Adoption and Digital Skills

Room: SOCRATES

Chair: Foivos Anastasiadis

Training agricultural advisors for responsible AI and digital farming: A modular capacity-building framework from the DigiFarm project

Askitopoulos Athanasios - Bormpoudakis Dimitrios - Kontogiorgakis Ioannis - Theodoridis Spyros - Tsardanidis Iason - Tsoumas Ilias - Papapadopoulos Stavros - Miskas Vangous - Karagiannis Michalis - Prantsidou Maria - Iachetti Alessandro - Hadjichristodoulou Marianna - Stylianou Thrasos - Loulli Eleni - Papoutsa Christiana - Hadjimitsis Diofantos - Tsafara Argyro - Argyropoulos Dimitrios - Stavrinides Menelaos - Kontoes Charalampos

Artificial intelligence chatbot adoption in Mediterranean agrifood SMEs: A Q-methodology study

Dolfi Emanuele - Alshaer Yazan - Vecchio Yari - Adinolfi Felice - Baourakis George

Skills and Sustainable Futures: Building Competence Frameworks for Twin Transitions in European Agrifood Systems

De Rosa Marcello - Bartoli Luca - Charatsari Chrysanthi - Diezman Belén - Lioutas Evagelos - Michailids Anastasios - Moya Adolfo - Valero Constantino - Pagnani Tiziana

Digital Maturity and Transformation of the Agricultural Sector: Developing an Assessment Tool Based on the Digital Maturity Assessment Framework

Sanzone Gennaro - Adinolfi Felice - Vecchio Yari - Olivieri Giuseppina - Del Giudice Teresa

AI-Enabled Food Security: Matching Agri-Food Systems, Ecosystems, and Policy Responses in Times of Disruption

Anastasiadis Foivos -Tsolakis Naoum-Koumpoti Antonia - Saridi Marina

Room:TBD

Chair: Bournaris Thomas

Enhancing consumer acceptance of underutilized crops through sensory science, hybrid food design and AI-driven innovation for sustainable diets

Knez Marija - Gurinovic Mirjana - Ranic Marija - Milesevic Jelena - Pavlovic Suzana - Mattas Kostadinos - Baourakis George - Zouaghi Amine - Takic Marija - Stamataki Eleni - Karapataki Katerina

The Second Harvest: Farmer-Centric Circular Data Governance in Compliance-Driven Agricultural Value Chains

Pavon Andrea - Bendana Espinoza Maria Alejandra

Market Integration of Buckwheat-Based Foods: Consumer Insights from Five European Countries

Ranic Marija - Knez Marija - Schaer Burkhard - Tisseyre Cyril - Gurinovic Mirjana - Vidovic Nevena - Karapataki Katerina - Zouaghi Amine - Yercan Murat - Günden Cihat - Atakan Pelin - Csillag Péter - Horváth Renáta - Mattas Konstadinos

Cooperatives as Innovation Ecosystems in Dairy Farming: Evidence from Greece’s Sustainable Livestock Transition

Charalampidou Athina - Bournaris Thomas - Sergaki Panagiota - Tafidou Anna - Dimitriadou Eleni - Moulogianni Christina

Smart Hops for a Sustainable Future: Mapping the Role of AI and Digital Tools in Climate Adaptation

Pilařová Tereza

 

FRIDAY, 11 September 2026

Session 4A

Livestock and Animal Welfare

Room: ARISTOTLE

Chair: Samir Mili

Assessing economic consequences of an animal health enhancing policy. The case of the "Claw Coin" animal welfare reimbursement scheme in Sweden.

af Sandeberg Agnes

Assessing the impact of stringency in animal welfare regulation on farm performance: Evidence from sow housing regulation

Uddenfeldt Lisa

Decomposing and explaining greenhouse gas emission efficiency of Austrian dairy farms

Salhofer Klaus - Eder Andreas - Landon Tess - Seiringer Martin

Exploring Responsible Decision Support Systems Adoption in Dairy Farming through Q Methodology

Masi Margherita - Vecchio Yari - De Rosa Marcello - Yeter Gizem - De Cesare Alessandra - Adinolfi Felice

Prompting sustainability-driven ventures in the Spanish dairy industry

Mili Samir

 

Session 4b

Diets, Climate and Resource Policy

Room: SOCRATES

Chair: Marija Knez

Climate Resilience of Mediterranean Maquis Ecosystems: Evidence from Economic Valuation Studies

Türkekul Berna - Yercan Murad - Örmeci Kart Mürşide Çağla - Öztep Ruken - Koukounaras Athanasios - Gkotzamani Anna

Developing policy strategies to decrease the consumption of high-water-footprint food

Kamenidou Irene (Eirini) - Gkitsas Stergios - Mamalis Spyridon

Consumer Perspectives on Cultured Meat and Seafood: Insights from Consumer Innovation Living Labs in Denmark

Favari Vittoria - Lähteenmäki Liisa - Chrysochou Polymeros

Diversifying diets and scaling the potential of underutilized crops for sustainable and resilient food systems: insights from the DIVERSICROP action

Knez Marija - Milesevic Jelena - Pavlovic Suzana - Mattas Konstantinos - Negrao Sonia - Balázs Bálint - Lara Szymon - Gurinovic Mirjana - Cujic Nikolic Nada

From Guideline Visibility to Dietary Pathways: Mapping Pea, Chickpea and Rye in European Sustainable Diet Transitions

Milesevic Jelena - Khakimova Nadiia - Simonovic Bogdana - Knez Marija

 

Session 4C

Innovation and Food-System Transitions

Room: DEMOCRITUS

Chair: Vecchio Yari

Directing agricultural innovation toward sustainable productivity growth: directionality, governance and measurement challenges

CAMPI Mercedes

Financing Sustainable Food-System Transitions: A Comparative Analysis of Nordic and European AgriFoodTech Financing Ecosystems

Vanhuyse Fedra

Crop yield stability in organic and conventional farming systems

Beber Caetano - Ana Klinnert - Schneider Kevin - Baldoni Edoardo - Fellmann Thomas - Tillie Pascal - Rodriguez Cerezo Emilio

From Terroir to Algorithms: Technology Transfer and Digital Innovation Adoption in Greek PDO Viticulture

Fakotakis Eleftherios - Malliri Maria - Paltaki Aikaterini - Mattas Konstadinos - Mamalis Spyridon

Hospital-based farmers’ markets as socio-economic food infrastructure: An Italian Initiative between Prevention, Embeddedness and Digital Coordination

Fargione Riccardo - De Rosa Marcello - Vecchio Yari - Adinolfi Felice - Gasbarrini Antonio

Session 5A

Digitalisation and Stakeholder Readiness

Room: ARISTOTLE

Chair: Filippo Arfini

Assessing System-Level Impacts of Agricultural Digitalisation: A Participatory Multi-Criteria Analysis across Living Labs

Vergamini Daniele - Bartolini Fabio

Assessing Stakeholder Readiness for IoT Adoption in the Greek Agri-Food Supply Chain

Roumpaki Aikaterini - Staboulis Christos - Tsakiridou Efthimia - Mattas Konstadinos

BPMN-CBA for Evaluating Environmental and Social Trade-offs in Vineyard Digitalisation: Evidence from CODECS Living Labs in Italy and Slovenia

Vergamini Daniele

Cross-European Mapping of Crop Matching Practices

Paltaki Aikaterini - Viti Elena - Michailidis Anastasios - Gulli Mariolina - Veneziani Mario - Arfini Filippo - Mattas Konstadinos

 

Session 5b

Digital Value Chains and Traceability

Room: SOCRATES

Chair: Giulio Malorgio

Consumer Behaviour Towards Traceability Information: Evidence from Digital Wine Labelling

Giannakopoulou Marianthi - Stylianou Andreas - Ioannou Stavroula - Adamides George

Cognitive Distance between Science, Business and the Public: A Comparative Analysis of Mastic

Psathas Antonios - Kalogeras Nikos - Tsagarakis Konstantinos

Farmers’ Position in the Food Supply Chain: Marketing Margin Evidence from 26 Fruits and Vegetables in Cyprus

Stylianou Andreas - Giannakopoulou Marianthi

The future of blockchain adoption in agricultural cooperatives: Drivers, barriers and application prospects.

Xylagras Panagiotis - Sergaki Panagiota - Kalogeras Nikos - Staboulis Christos - Mattas Konstantinos - Pennings Joost M.E.

Session 5C

Farm Behaviour and Policy

Room: DEMOCRITUS

Chair: Klaus Salhofer

Are farmers’ myopically loss-averse?

Massfeller Anna - Hermann Daniel - Kuhfuss Laure - Storm Hugo

A typology of “good farmers” - exploring viewpoints of a good farmer identity with Austrian dairy farmers in the context of GHG Emissions

Schreiber Mariella - Leonhardt Heidi - Salhofer Klaus

Impact of Local Government Agricultural Support on Rural Development: Evidence from the İzmir Region, Türkiye

Alpaslan Ali Selim

Economic and Environmental Performance of Organic and Conventional Farms in Austria: A Multi-Indicator Analysis

Landon Tess - Salhofer Klaus

Mattas Konstadinos - Closing Remarks

Room: ARISTOTLE

 

*** Selected papers presented at the Seminar will be considered for possible publication either in a Special Issue of New Medit or in a multi-authored edited volume in Springer’s Cooperative Management series.