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Agricultural landscape in Côte d'Or (Burgundy). © INRA, SLAGMULDER Christain

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14 Feb 2017

Inno4Grass stimulates grassland innovation

The European Inno4Grass project brings together 20 partners from eight countries to give a boost to grassland innovation. Christian Huyghe, Scientific Director for Agriculture at INRA, is coordinating the participation of INRA teams for this project, including the head of the Regional Scientific and Technical Information team in Poitou-Charentes. The seminar to kick off the project was held in Berlin from 14 to 16 February 2017.

Alfalfa in bloom. © INRA, CAUVIN Brigitte

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09 Feb 2017

A project coordinated in Lusignan aims to develop legume crops in Europe and China

The Eucleg project seeks to reduce Europe’s and China’s dependency on imported plant proteins by developing legume crops. It is coordinated by the Multidisciplinary Research Unit for Grasslands and Forage Crops (URP3F) and supported by the European Union.

logo tomgem. © INRA

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04 Oct 2016

The TomGEM project to breed tomato varieties adapted to climate change

Launched in March 2016, the TomGEM project (A holistic multi-actor approach towards the design of new tomato varieties and management practices to improve  yield and quality in  the face of climate change) aims to improve the yields and quality of tomato varieties in the context of climate change. Coordinated by the INRA-ENSAT Joint Research Unit for Fruit Genomics and Biotechnology in Toulouse, and supported by the TULIP LabEx, 18 partners (from Europe, Argentina and Taiwan) are involved in this international consortium.

Recovery of Lake Fuxian in Yunnan province, China. Regional approach to development of a territory (the lotus plant sector - tea, flour, seeds - and lake tourism). Public-private partnership with subsidies for ecosystem services. Visit during an INRA-FAO-CAAS seminar 29 August 2016. © INRA

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29 Aug 2016

Agroecology for food and agriculture: INRA’s contribution to FAO

Research carried out between 2013 and 2015 by INRA and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has come to fruition in a published report presented on 29 August 2016 during an international symposium in China. The report will also feature in a satellite event during the 43rd session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), co-organised by INRA, FAO and IFOAM, from 17 to 21 October 2016.

An agreement was signed by François Houllier, President of INRA, and Pavel Kabat, Director General/CEO of IIASA on 4 July 2016 in Paris. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

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04 Jul 2016

Modelling the impacts of climate change: signature of an INRA-IIASA framework agreement

On 4 July 2016 in Paris, INRA and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) signed a framework agreement on research and training aimed at developing their collaboration in modelling the impacts of climate change on agriculture and global food security.