Publications
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Expérience en virologie — Bénéfices et risques
(2025)
Research in virology is a major societal challenge in addressing the emergence of new pathogens. Recent advances in synthetic biology have made it possible to modify viral genomes quickly and efficiently, facilitating the ...
From Plant Behavior to Plant Intelligence?
(2023)
Over the past years, controversies about plant intelligence became featured in scientific journals in ecology and plant biology. Mainstream media and educational literature have also taken up the topic. Could plants be ...
La panification au levain naturel
(2020)
Un système alimentaire durable doit contribuer à préserver la diversité biologique et culturelle, et conduire à une meilleure utilisation des fonctions écologiques des écosystèmes, tout en prenant en compte la dimension ...
Life cycle assessment of agre-food systems
(2021)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the internationally recognized method to assess the environmental impacts of products and services. Its application to agri-food systems in developing or emerging contexts is recent and ...
Can organic agriculture cope without copper for disease control?
(2019)
Copper is used to control various fungal and bacterial diseases, especially in organic farming where synthetic fungicides are prohibited. The use of copper is subject to increasing regulatory restrictions in Europe due to ...
Agroecology
(2020)
Agroecology was chosen by INRAE as one of its interdisciplinary scientific foresight studies designed to identify research fronts in response to major societal challenges. Eighty researchers drew up an assessment and ...
Spillways on river levees
(2021)
Levees are built on many rivers and mountain torrents to protect populations against floods. During medium floods, a well-constructed levee offers sufficient protection without requiring additional hydraulic structures. ...
Le bien-être des animaux d'élevage
(2021)
Animal welfare is one of the major concerns of our society today. Improving the living conditions of farm animals implies changing practices. However, these developments require a harmonization of concepts between the ...
Du comportement végétal à l’intelligence des plantes ?
(2020)
Ces dernières années, les revues scientifiques d’écologie et de biologie végétale se sont fait l’écho de polémiques autour de l’intelligence des plantes. Les médias grand public et les auteurs de vulgarisation se sont ...
Potabilisation des eaux de surface en Afrique de l’Ouest
(2020)
Ce guide pratique, consacré aux procédés de potabilisation des eaux de surface des petites villes d’Afrique de l’Ouest, a été conçu sur la base de techniques testées et éprouvées par le Gret et ses partenaires dans la ...
Agriculture et changement climatique
(2025)
Agriculture is facing many challenges. Among them, climate change is a major concern for the future of humanity, with implications for food security, the environment, biodiversity and health. Livestock breeding and farming ...
Habitats naturels terrestres des Terres australes françaises
(2024)
Knowledge of habitats and their distribution is crucial for the long-term management and monitoring of protected natural areas, particularly in Sub-Antarctic regions, which are severely affected by climate change and ...
Le fonio, une céréale africaine
(2011)
"For years a basic food of many rural African communities, fonio, an African cereal with very small grains, has now been discovered by urban consumers in major African cities.
This book describes the plant and grains and ...
One Health Atlas
(2025)
The One Health approach offers a comprehensive framework to address the interwoven health challenges arising from the interactions among humans, animals, plants and the environment. By promoting interdisciplinary and ...
Ecosystem services provided by agricultural areas
(2024)
Ecosystem services (ES) can be defined as the components of ecosystems from which humans derive benefits, such as crop pollination and climate regulation. In a bid to ensure that biodiversity is taken into account in public ...
Geophysical and Geotechnical Methods for Diagnosing Flood Protection Dikes
(2007)
This book presents a three-phase methodology for the efficient diagnosis of “dry dikes†(i.e. dykes built above normal water levels of the rivers that provide protection at time of flood). Although the principles of ...
Desertification and climate change
(2024)
What causes vegetation and soil degradation? What are the consequences for ecosystems, biodiversity, water resources and the climate? What are future impacts on human societies and the economy? Desertification is often ...
Les poules — Comprendre leur diversité génétique visible
(2025)
Plumage color, comb shape, individual size or eggshell color... As early as the beginning of the XXth century, scientists identified the single-gene determinism of some visible traits that define the different chicken ...
Approches interdisciplinaires en santé animale
(2024)
Since the 2000s, the social sciences have been investing in animal health research. This book provides an overview of the interdisciplinary research conducted on this theme in the French-speaking research space, delivers ...
La santé globale au prisme de l'analyse des politiques publiques
(2020)
This book links public policy analysis and questions revolving around public health, notably the public health challenges facing animal and crop production. The cases presented relate to historical issues (health crises, ...