The French public scientific cooperation institution for agriculture, food, animal health and the environment. Agreenium - September 2012

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1 Agreenium The French public scientific cooperation institution for agriculture, food, animal health and the environment

2 Why Agreenium? To create synergy between research and education in France in the fields of agriculture, food, animal health and the environment To best respond collectively to the issues and challenges for food security and sustainable agriculture worldwide To foster the international a ambition of the French system of agricultural and veterinary research and education To increase the capacity for innovation and knowledge transfer

3 Who belongs to Agreenium? France s 2 leading agricultural research institutes: Inra Cirad 6 agricultural / veterinary Grandes Ecoles and Universities: AgroParisTech, Montpellier p SupAgro, Agrocampus Ouest, National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (ENSAT, ENVT & ENSIACET) Agro Sup Dijon Bordeaux Sciences Agro

4 Under what status? A centre for research and higher education operating as a public scientific cooperation institution (EPCS or «établissement public de coopération scientifique») Board of Trustees Chair: Marion Guillou Strategic Advisory Committee Chair: Bernard Chevassus-au-Louis Management Team Director: Stéphane Guilbert

5 With what resources? (1) Together Agreenium members represent: more than 5,000 researchers and 950 professors / ass. Professors (life sciences (70%), environmental and processing sciences (15%), economic and social sciences (10%) and digital sciences (5%). 6,800 students (in majority post graduate) and 2,200 PhD students in the agricultural and veterinary fields 300 research units (mainly joint research units - UMR) 1,100 million budget

6 With what resources? (2) 6 principal p training and research campuses in France A rich and varied network of Research Schools (Ecoles Doctorales) in partnership with other Universities Integrating fundamental life science, information science, agrosciences and engineering: 2 nd /482 in world ranking for publications in agricultural science, 2 rd /931 in plant and animal science, 14 th /354 in microbiology, 36 th /585 in environment (data for INRA) Large number of cooperation agreements with professional partners International presence in more than 50 countries

7 With what ambitions? To restructure the French system of agricultural higher education and research Rich and diverse but scattered / organization far from international - US system With room for improvement in the relationship between education and research To increase Transparency, visibility and attractiveness of the system Its contribution, its position and its recognition in the global agricultural research system

8 To tackle which issues? To produce more, in a different manner and different products, to ensure sustainable agriculture and food supply for the 9 billion inhabitants of our planet as we head towards 2050 To ensure food security and safety for all To develop agriculture and food processing industries which are more economic in terms of energy use and which use fewer chemical products To reconcile ecology and agrosciences

9 With what priorities and action plan? A support for the construction of partnerships with the actors of the global system for agricultural research The creation of an International Research School offering thematic, multidisciplinary research-based courses, open to a broad range of questions and to candidates worldwide The launch of an Information and Services Platform to make member resources easily accessible Joint international representation by pooling expertise in international relations The formulation of joint projects closely linking research, education, development and international actions Development and follow-up of the Agrimonde foresight study, including a new foresight study on land uses Mobilisation of the expertise of its members to provide institutional or academic c support to partners

10 What are the research priorities of our members?

11 Two emerging disciplines predictive biology (bridge between integrative biology and modelling) Agro-ecology (= cross-fertilisation of ecological, agronomic and zootechnical disciplines) with extensions towards the economic and social sciences.

12 Two strategic tools Agrimonde, a foresight tool initiated and developed by INRA and CIRAD and promoted by Agreenium WAW, the World Agriculture Watch,, to assess and compare changes in agriculture (with the FAO)

13 Six priority research areas Improving the economic, social and environmental performances of agriculture Promoting public policies designed to reduce structural inequality and alleviate poverty Developing healthy and sustainable food systems Forecasting and managing infectious disease risks linked to domestic animals and wildlife Reducing greenhouse gas effects and adapting to climate change Promoting sustainable chemistry

14 Agreenium: a name of meanings! agreenium for agriculture to agreenium for mutual consent agreenium for the colour of the environment agreenium for science A large potential for a partnership of excellence! Thank you for your attention! ti