The objective of the MEDRATE project has been to evaluate and assess the impact and adoption of agricultural technologies, in the field of Land and Water Management, Crop Production and Animal Production, specially adapted to rainfed agriculture and within the framework of well described and defined agricultural systems. The evaluation and the assessment of impact has been carried out at three levels: research, on-farm trials per demonstration and at farm level, using quantitative and qualitative data. Data have been collected by using experimental data and through surveys. The following countries have participated: Algeria, Egypt, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. The project has been carried out within a period of 2 years. The deliverables obtained are a reference publication and a website including a database.