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Karen Macours est directrice de recherche Inra au sein de l’UMR Paris School of Economics (Inra, EHESS,  CNRS, ENPC, ENS).  © Benoit Galibert

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20 Dec 2017

Karen Macours, appointed to lead the independent assessment body for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CGIAR, a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secured future

The Research Support Award is presented to Françoise Macouin. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

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19 Dec 2017

The 2017 INRA Awards honour creativity and innovation

The 2017 INRA Awards ceremony was held in the prestigious Salle Gaveau concert hall in Paris on 20 November and rewarded the exceptional careers of 5 researchers and the outstanding work of a research team. Hosted by Thomas Hugues, it took place in the presence of Frédérique Vidal, French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and Stéphane Travert, Minister of Agriculture and Food.

INRA wishes you the very best for 2018. © INRA

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19 Dec 2017

INRA wishes you the very best for 2018

At the start of the new year, Philippe Mauguin, President of INRA, takes a look at the highlights of 2017 and what’s in store for 2018.

European meeting on Xylella fastidiosa held on 1st December 2017. © Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation, SAIDOU Cheick

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12 Dec 2017

A European roadmap for the control of Xylella fastidiosa

Philippe Mauguin, the President of INRA, spoke during a meeting organised on 1st December in Paris by Stéphane Travert, Minister for Agriculture and Food, and Vytenis Andriukaitis, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. They assembled representatives from the ten Member States most concerned by the major threat to plants represented by Xylella fastidiosa. A roadmap was drawn up to ensure reinforcement at the European level of measures to prevent and control this disease.

Urban spread, Châlons. © INRA, SLAGMULDER Christian

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08 Dec 2017

Artificialised land and artificialisation processes: determinants, impacts and levers for action

On 8 December 2017, INRA and IFSTTAR handed over a collective scientific expert report on the artificialisation of land that had been commissioned by the French Ministry for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, ADEME and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Land is a non-renewable resource and since 2015 the rates of its artificialisation have been one of the ten “wealth indicators” developed by the Government to monitor its public policies.