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Potato harvest on INRA's experimental farm in Ploudaniel. © Bertrand NICOLAS - Inra, NICOLAS Bertrand

News

19 Nov 2019

A healthier approach to potato farming

The potato is the number one non-grain food crop in the world. It is attacked by a plethora of pathogens, which farmers have been managing with an arsenal of pesticides for over 70 years. However, that arsenal is ever shrinking. For 30 years, INRA's "potato team” has dedicated itself heart and soul to developing alternative strategies, such as the use of resistant varieties, pathogen detection tools, and innovative farming systems. This research has resulted in tangible benefits for human health and the environment. The team’s work has earned its members the 2019 INRA Science with an Impact Award.

Cyclone Oli in French Polynesia: photo from lagoon side. Waves washed over both the pier and wharf, January 2010, Tikehau Atoll, Tuamotu.. © INRA, MARTY Bruno

News

24 Oct 2019

Dealing with rising sea levels

On 24 October 2019, the French alliance for research on the environment (AllEnvi) published the results of a foresight study, which had been steered in part by three members of the soon-to-be-established INRAE*. This study covered the economic, social and environmental consequences of a rise in sea levels by 2100, along with possible ways to anticipate it. Using eight worldwide scenarios and three territorial focuses, the report provides the keys to anticipating and limiting this phenomenon worldwide – one of the direct effects of climate change – and adapting to it at the territorial scale.

One Health

Press release

17 Jul 2019

The One Health concept: the IDOH Master’s course benefits once again from European funding

Coordinated by the INRA-Université de Tours Joint Research Unit for Infectiology and Public Health (ISP), the international Master’s degree in “Infectious Diseases and One Health”, operated jointly with Erasmus Mundus (EMJMD-IDOH+), has been selected once again to benefit from European funding and is thus one of the 44 applications chosen out of 91 candidates.

2018 Annual Report

Just published

16 Jul 2019

2018, a fruitful year for INRA

Promoting research excellence, fostering innovation, strengthening scientific collaborations in France and on the international scene, developing citizen science, creating a single research establishment in 2020… this report accurately reflects the human endeavours and scientific advances that the women and men of INRA have participated in for more than 70 years, with the enduring goal of serving the common good and expanding the boundaries of knowledge.

During the Presidential visit to Japan on 26 and 27 June 2019, and in the presence of Frédérique Vidal, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, INRA finalised important agreements with two of its Japanese partners. © INRA

Press release

04 Jul 2019

Japan: a new mobility programme focused on emerging scientific topics, and a new LIA on fruit biology in the context of climate change

During the visit by the French President to Japan on 26 and 27 June 2019, and in the presence of Frédérique Vidal, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, INRA finalised important agreements with two of its Japanese partners; one with the Japanese National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) and the other with the University of Tsukuba, as well as participating in preparations for the next Franco-Japanese commission on research which is scheduled in France during the last quarter of 2019.