The French CARDIMED team has left its mark at the World forum of Innovation and Urban Agriculture in Nice on the 07 September 2024.
Every two years, the city of Nice organizes the Fête de l’Agriculture Urbaine, as part of the San Bertoumieu heritage festival. For this second edition, every citizen was invited to come and meet the players in the world of agriculture at this festive and convivial event!
Over 80 stands have been set up, as well as a space for meetings and round-table discussions on urban agriculture around the world.
Workshops, artisan and producer markets, conferences and feedback from around the world: the event offered a wide range of free activities all day long, enabling every kind of public to discover the world of agriculture in a different way, during a festive and convivial interlude.
Our partners from SEMIDE presented a homemade roll up explaining the main goal of the Nature Based Solutions they have developed on Demo 5 and how the CARDIMED project is built. They had the opportunity to talk and exchange with local stakeholders like the Metropole Nice Côte d’Azur, the City of Nice, local farmers, local universities and citizens.
They learned about the importance of renaturation in the urban area and the impacts of bioswale, urban micro forest, unsealing and porous asphalt utilization.
The Cardimed team was represented by Eric Mino, Najla Kamergi and Elrik Du Saillant Du Luc, all members of the SEMIDE, the leader of the Cardimed French demo case.
This event is known to present numerous opportunities for advances in the field of urban agriculture and nature management, and it provided us with an excellent platform to showcase our contributions to flood mitigation.
