Publications
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La vache globale
(2022)
The ideal of the modern cow, a mix of nature, culture and technoscience, is embodied today by the Holstein-Frisonne, the most productive dairy breed, present throughout the world. The object of intensive selection and ...
Eating in the city
(2020)
This book explores changes in eating habits in African, Latin American and Asian cities. It reveals—through studies on city dwellers’ food practices and representations—the inadequacy of an analytical approach to these ...
Coexistence et confrontation des modèles agricoles et alimentaires
(2021)
New agricultural and food models are being deployed in the territories in response to criticism of old forms and to face new challenges. They embody archetypes of the diversity observed, actor projects or even new standards. ...
Les zoonoses
(2021)
We have multiple contacts with animals. They are everywhere around us. We share the same environment, the same planet ... and we also share infectious or parasitic diseases. This book sheds a synthetic light on the diseases ...
Les invasions biologiques marines
(2024)
Biological invasions are one of the main causes of biodiversity decline worldwide. While Japanese knotweed and tiger mosquito are invasive species that are well known to the public, the same could not be said for the ...
Une recherche responsable
(2023)
Scientific integrity is defined by the French Research Code as "the set of rules and values that must govern research activities in order to guarantee their honest and rigorous nature". It applies to all knowledge production ...
Une agronomie pour le XXIe siècle
(2018)
The challenge for agricultural systems today is to produce whilst drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in limited agricultural spaces where the biodiversity, quality of resources, soils, water, air, etc. all have ...
Des solutions fondées sur la nature — Une réponse aux défis environnementaux et sociétaux
(2025)
Since the early 2010s, the concept of Nature-based Solutions has been integrated into land development projects to reconcile environmental issues with societal needs. But the concept still raises many questions. How can ...
La santé animale
(2006)
"This second volume La santé animale covers the main livestock diseases in detail: infectious and parasitic diseases, vector-borne diseases, and diseases linked to the environment and to rearing conditions. Each disease ...
Invasion et expansion d'insectes bioagresseurs forestiers — Invasion et expansion d'insectes bioagresseurs forestiers ?
(2025)
Covering almost a third of mainland France, forests represent a major challenge in terms of wood production and the preservation of ecosystems that have not been heavily anthropised. They have become a powerful lever in ...
Barrages-réservoirs et crues de la Seine
(2024)
Climate change and the current context of environmental crises are prompting those involved in water resource management to rethink the hydrological systems inherited from past centuries. As an international reference, the ...
Éléments d'hydraulique torrentielle
(2023)
Torrential hydraulics occupies an intermediate position between classical fluvial hydraulics and soil and rock mechanics (ground movements); it uses concepts common to fluvial hydraulics, sometimes departing from them. ...
Les semences
(2013)
A complete guide on seed production and distribution in tropical regions: technical aspects and organisation of seed production, basic principles for plant improvement and seed biology, management of operations relating ...
Dynamique des élevages pastoraux et agropastoraux en Afrique intertropicale
(2019)
De 1974 à 2014, l’Afrique intertropicale a connu une croissance inédite des effectifs des herbivores domestiques. Les effectifs bovins ont été multipliés par plus de 2, ceux des petits ruminants par plus de 3. Aujourd’hui, ...
Le bien-être des animaux d'élevage
(2022)
Following on from the 'Understanding' and 'Assessing' booklets, this booklet presents ways to improve farm animal welfare, focusing on the physical and social environment of animals, the human-animal relationship, pain ...
Stocker du carbone dans les sols français
(2021)
The "4 per 1000: Soils for Food Security and Climate" initiative proposes to increase the stock of carbon in all soils around the world by four thousandths each year. At the request of Ademe and the Ministry of Agriculture ...
Attachement et changement dans un monde en transformation
(2022)
Let's ask the question around us: "Why don't people change?" The answer will most often be: "because they are too attached to their privileges, traditions, achievements, relationships, cultures, lands, etc. They will never ...
Pesticides en viticulture
(2022)
The phytosanitary protection of vineyards raises many questions of interest to winegrowers. What diseases and pests attack vines in the different producing countries? What vineyard management practices ensure phytosanitary ...
Le bien-être des animaux d'élevage
(2022)
Following on from the 'Understanding' and 'Assessing' booklets, this booklet presents ways to improve farm animal welfare, focusing on the physical and social environment of animals, the human-animal relationship, pain ...
Justice environnementale dans les espaces ruraux en Afrique
(2023)
The notion of environmental justice is emerging in the face of evidence of differential access to environmental resources and unequal distribution of environmental risks affecting certain social groups. Often addressed in ...