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On 12 April 2018, Philippe Mauguin, INRA President, and Vladimir Sucha, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, signed a five-year agreement in Paris to reinforce cooperation in the fields of agriculture and climate change research. © Christophe Maitre

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12 Apr 2018

INRA and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission join forces

On 12 April 2018, Philippe Mauguin, INRA President, and Vladimir Sucha, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, signed a five-year agreement in Paris to reinforce cooperation in the fields of agriculture and climate change research.

A herd of Lacaune dairy sheep at INRA’S La Fage experimental farm. The farm is located along the Causse du Larzac plateau and is an experimental site for dairy sheep for INRA’s Animal Genetics division.. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

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23 Mar 2018

SMARTER H2020: breeding small ruminants to make raising livestock more sustainable

For the past two years, teams at INRA’s Occitanie-Toulouse centre have been working with stakeholders from around the world on the SMARTER project. Their proposal to study genetic selection to increase resilience and efficiency in small ruminants in their local environments has just been accepted for the European H2020 programme.

Franco-Indian Summit, 9 to 15 March 2018

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21 Mar 2018

Genomic selection, microbiota, development of methanisation, nutrition… INRA and India strengthen ties

From 9-15 March 2018, on the occasion of the French President’s visit to India, accompanied by the Minister of Research and Philippe Mauguin, President of INRA, several draft agreements were signed with a view to strengthening cooperation with France’s Indian partners. Several new International Associated Laboratories were created in key fields: genomic selection in cattle; the microbiota and metagenome in liver disease; grey water treatment and methanisation; and the plant protein content of diets. Philippe Mauguin and Mr. G.G. Sohani, president of Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF), together hosted a roundtable discussion during the Franco-Indian summit.

French & Brazilian flags

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20 Mar 2018

Creation of an International Associated Laboratory between the Joint Research Unit STLO and a Brazilian university

The result of several years of collaboration between the Joint Research Unit for the Science and Technology of Milk and Eggs (STLO) and scientists at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, this International Associated Laboratory is the first for INRA with a South American country. It is also the first International Associated Laboratory to be managed by an INRA team in Bretagne-Normandie.

On February 15 and 16, 2018, representatives from CIRAD, IRD, AGREENIUM, FAO and INRA met in Rome

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16 Feb 2018

CIRAD, IRD, AGREENIUM, FAO and INRA sign research agreement

On February 15 and 16, 2018, representatives from CIRAD, IRD, AGREENIUM, FAO and INRA met in Rome. The objective: joining research forces to meet UN sustainable development goals.

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