To achieve our goals, the work has been structured into the following interrelated Specific Objectives(SO):

SO1. To characterise, in conditions of climate change-induced stress, existent biodiversity of vegetable crops in the Mediterranean area, and to select at least 10 accessions endowed with superior tolerance and resilience (WP1).

SO2. Uncover novel molecular and physiological traits linked with tolerance and resilience to drought, heat, and salinity stress in vegetable crop plants (WP2).

SO3. To obtain novel genetic traits and genotypes, and to develop genomic prediction models that may help breeding for resilience to climate change-induced stress (WP3).

SO4. To develop crop management systems which are less susceptible to climate change-induced (WP4).

SO5. To evaluate the impacts of climate change on vegetable cropping systems and to assess the socio-economic contribution of the proposed project’s innovations on Mediterranean value chains and organizations (WP5).

SO6. To raise visibility of the global importance of crop adaptation to climate change, to actively disseminate the project findings among Mediterranean farmers, service providers, citizens, scientists and policy makers, and to build capacities of farmers and young researchers, thus enabling an environment for implementation and uptake of project results (WP6).

SO7. To enhance networking, coordination and cooperation of the different institutions that share multidisciplinary expertise around the common programme of research (WP7).