Publications
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Le palmier à huile
(2011)
Palm oil, extracted from the pulp of oil palm fruit, is the main source of vegetable fats and oils on the world market. Its ability to adapt to different climates and its productivity make it a major food safety component ...
Le manioc, entre culture alimentaire et filière agro-industrielle
(2018)
The cassava-processing industry plays a key role in food safety and in the economies in the Global South, mainly in rural areas but increasingly in cities too. Climate change is expected to play an even greater role in ...
Into the woods
(2018)
At the centre of concerns related to curbing the decline in forest biodiversity caused by increasing anthropogenic pressure and global change, old-growth forests are mainly characterised by the continuity of their tree ...
Surveillance, maintenance and diagnosis of flood protection dikes
(2007)
This technical handbook is intended for the personnel of companies or organisations involved in the management of dikes designed to provide protection against flooding caused by a rise in river levels. Written for engineers ...
Mémento de l'assainissement
(2018)
This Handbook is a methodological and practical guide for putting liquid sanitation services into operation in the Southern countries. It covers the entire wastewater and sludge collection and treatment chain in rural, ...
Les terres agricoles face à l'urbanisation
(2018)
This work addresses the key points of the problem of land consumption by focusing on farmland in France and Australia. It suggests exploring territorial engineering “toolboxes†developed and used to face up to the ...
Services écosystémiques fournis par les espaces agricoles
(2018)
Based on analyses by agricultural and legal experts, this work offers food for thought on using the law to include the notion of ecosystem service in soil protection. It has been written as part of the research programme ...
Agroforesterie et services écosystémiques en zone tropicale
(2019)
Respectueux de l'environnement et garantissant une sécurité alimentaire soutenue par la diversification des productions et des revenus qu'ils procurent, les systèmes agroforestiers apparaissent comme un modèle prometteur ...
Strategic management of agricultural and life sciences research
(2019)
New developments - scientific, technical, societal and political - influence not only the agenda for research but also research structures, resource requirements (human and otherwise), education and training programs and ...
Grassland use in Europe
(2019)
"Covering 40% of the European agricultural area, grasslands are vitally important both for agriculture and society. These grasslands serve multiple functions, including the local provision of fodder for animal husbandry ...
Land Use and Food Security in 2050
(2018)
"After a first foresight study on ‘World food security in 2050’ (Agrimonde), CIRAD and INRA have turned their attention to a new foresight exercise on ‘Land use and food security in 2050’ (Agrimonde-Terra). This new study ...
Insectes ravageurs des graines de légumineuses
(2011)
Using the concrete example of industrial and food crop legumes in West Africa, the authors reflect on the development of African agriculture in the context of sustainable development. They address exhaustively the biology ...
Services écosystémiques et protection des sols
(2018)
Based on analyses by agricultural and legal experts, this work offers food for thought on using the law to include the notion of ecosystem service in soil protection. It has been written as part of the research programme ...
L'histoire de l'Inra, entre science et politique
(2018)
Set up during the food crisis in the aftermath of the Second World War, France's National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) was founded on the notion that public scientific research into the management of life in ...
Une petite histoire de l'alimentation française
(2017)
To mark its 30th anniversary, the National Food Council interviewed the players who have contributed to its history. Some opted to write a reflective account of their experience. Others produced a theoretical assessment ...
Stratégies des filières fromagères sous AOP en Europe
(2018)
To explain the origin of the differences in milk prices paid to producers, this work provides a framework for analyzing the mechanisms of governance of PDO cheeses, which are organised in localised agri-food systems (SYAL). ...
Emergence of infectious diseases
(2018)
From SARS to avian influenza, Ebola virus and MERS-CoV, infectious diseases have received increasing attention in recent decades from scientists, risk managers, the media and the general public. What explains the constant ...
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 ...
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 ...
Le bananier plantain
(2019)
Les bananes à cuire et plantain sont des productionscruciales des pays des zones tropicales humides. Très énergétiques (110 à 120cal/100 g), riches en éléments minéraux et en vitamines, ces aliments répondentaux enjeux de ...
Bioeconomy challenges and implementation: the European research organisations' perspective
(2018)
This book focuses on opportunities and challenges in implementing a bioeconomy strategy from a research and education perspective. It draws on contributions presented during the 30th EURAGRI annual conference held in Tartu ...
Appuyer les organisations de producteurs
(2012)
Producer organisations are very numerous and active in the farming modernisation process in southern developing countries. This didactic work analyses the advantage of the partnership with producer organisations, how they ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Les légumineuses pour des systèmes agricoles et alimentaires durables
(2015)
What do we know about inputs and potential of legumes in terms of the sustainability of agricultural and food systems? How can they be used to reduce the damage and maximise the benefits for the environment, agriculture ...
Coopérations, territoires et entreprises agroalimentaires
(2010)
The Cota, territorialised food-processing cooperation partnerships, are made up of groups of SME which apply pioneering collective strategies to improve their competitiveness by using the region as a decisive variable. The ...
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 ...
Diffusion and transfer of knowledge in agriculture
(2016)
This book focuses on innovation in the agri-food system and the new paradigm drawn by bioeconomic approaches and principles. It draws on contributions presented during the 29th EURAGRI annual conference held in Luxemburg ...
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, ...
Impacts of plant protection products on biodiversity and ecosystem services
(2023)
As part of the Ecophyto II+ plan, INRAE and Ifremer were in 2020 commissioned to conduct a collective scientific assessment of the impacts of plant protection products on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The results, ...
One Health, une seule santé
(2020)
One Health, « Une seule santé », est une stratégie mondiale visant à développer les collaborations interdisciplinaires pour la santé humaine, animale et environnementale. Elle promeut une approche intégrée, systémique et ...
Jeux de plateau pour l’agriculture et le paysage
(2023)
In France and around the world, there's a growing trend towards board games for agriculture and landscaping. Most of the time, this craze is the result of isolated initiatives, successful or not, based on trial and error. ...
Sustainable food systems for food security
(2022)
Food and nutritional security refers to the challenge of providing sustainable, healthy and accessible food to all people. It has four interconnected dimensions: availability, access, utilization and stability. Tackling ...
Infrastructures de données spatiales
(2022)
The demands and uses of satellite spatial data are developing and diversifying significantly, in line with the precision, frequency of shooting and size of the images. It is therefore necessary to understand and report on ...
Nouvelles raisons d'agir des acteurs de la pêche et de l'agriculture
(2016)
Faced with advancing technology and their entitlement to exploit this living resource, farmers and fishermen are questioning their very livelihood and how to change it. This book examines elements contributing to the reasons ...
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 ...