Publications
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Guide de gestion des dunes et des plages associées
(2018)
This practical guide benefits from the experience of several authors and experts in managing coastal dune environments and in preventing natural risks. It presents useful tools in resolving problems of daily dune management.
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, ...
Sugar beet
(2020)
Sugar beet has entered the age of liberalism with the abolition of production quotas in Europe. It finds itself on the world market and on an equal footing with sugar cane. France has benefited from the “AKER - Sugar beet ...
From jungle rubber to Rubber Agroforestry Systems
(2024)
Rubber Agroforestry Systems (RAS) have been developed by local farmers in Southeast Asia initially through the development of jungle rubber. Jungle rubber is a very practical and easy way to develop at very low cost non ...
Le genre en recherche
(2024)
While the representation of women in science is on the rise, this increase is not of the same magnitude in all fields, such as mathematics and computer science, for example. What's more, their presence decreases as one ...
Le marché alimentaire à horizon 2050 en France
(2024)
Where and how will we do our shopping tomorrow? With the rise of digital platforms, self-service is being called into question, in the food sector as elsewhere. And yesterday's customer journey is being groped and reinvented. ...
Transformer le lait local en Afrique de l'Ouest
(2021)
Milk production and marketing in West Africa is an integral part of the economy and way of life of rural herder and agropastoralist families. They represent a significant socio-economic and environmental challenge for the ...
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 ...
Une seule santé
(2024)
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the One Health initiative has been widely endorsed by politicians and scientists alike, highlighting the interdependence between human, animal and environmental health, and bringing these ...
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 ...
La betterave sucrière
(2020)
Sugar beet has entered the age of liberalism with the abolition of production quotas in Europe. It finds itself on the world market and on an equal footing with sugar cane. France has benefited from the “AKER - Sugar beet ...
Les arthropodes du cotonnier
(2024)
Cotton produces the majority of natural fibers used in clothing today. The production of this fiber, a raw material marketed worldwide, can be reduced to nothing if disease or pest attacks are not kept under control. The ...
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. ...
L'acidification des océans
(2024)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels by human activity, reinforce the greenhouse effect and cause climate disruption. While public awareness of this global problem is growing, ocean ...
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 ...
Science et émotion
(2022)
The history of science is littered with the lives of famous scientists, such as Charles Darwin, Marie Curie or Albert Einstein, who have recounted their passion for research and the emotions that contributed to it. Generally ...
Agroécologie
(2020)
L’agroécologie a été choisie par l’Inra comme l’un des chantiers de prospective interdisciplinaire destiné à identifier les fronts de recherche en réponse à de grands défis sociétaux. Quatre-vingt chercheurs ont dressé un ...
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 ...
Des choses de la nature et de leurs droits
(2020)
The purpose of environmental law is to protect nature, to fight against pollution and nuisances, to improve the quality of life and public health. In light of recent legal innovations, the author examines the transformations ...
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, ...
Il était une fois l'Ifremer
(2021)
The development of sustainable fishing and aquaculture, interactions with climate change and the preservation of marine biodiversity place the oceans at the center of major issues. In the marine sciences landscape, Ifremer ...
Développer des projets d’agriculture urbaine avec la méthode Meth-Expau®
(2022)
Today, urban agriculture appears to be a lever for the ecological transition of cities and a tool for education in sustainable food. Many urban development actors are setting up projects on their territories: collective ...
Vine, wine and climate change
(2025)
Grapevine is being affected by climate change in many ways, from earlier plant development – which could make vines more vulnerable to spring frosts – to earlier grape ripening. Increasingly intense extreme weather events, ...
Homme et animal, la question des frontières
(2009)
"Some arguments today lead us to question the singularity of man. From the point of view of psychological identity and cognitive performances, the difference between the great apes and man is not a question of nature but ...
La fabrique de l'agronomie
(2022)
Since the Second World War, agronomy has become a scientific and technical discipline in its own right, supporting the reasoning behind plant production practices. Initially conceived as an application of agricultural ...
La démocratie environnementale face à la réalité
(2024)
In our democratic society, how is the right to access information and participate in the preparation of decisions on major projects exercised? How does the exercise of these rights fit into the decision-making process? The ...
Trajectoires de transition écologique
(2023)
Floods, heatwaves, fires and other extreme weather events are all in the news. Their frequency, duration and intensity are accelerating as a result of climate change. Local and regional authorities are in the front line, ...
La transformation des grains
(2020)
This book covers several aspects of grain processing and complements the book on grain preservation in the same collection. It presents different processing methods, targeting mainly small and medium-sized enterprises as ...
Les communs
(2022)
The crises we are going through call into question the models of society on which our priorities and actions are based. How can we regain the capacity to act for an ideal of social and ecological justice? How can How can ...
Protéger les cultures par la diversité végétale
(2023)
The advent of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides has enabled farmers to free themselves from environmental constraints that limit yields, and has been accompanied by a simplification of agricultural plots and landscapes. ...
Infrastructures de transport créatives
(2024)
Transport and energy infrastructures - roads, motorways, railways, inland waterways and high-voltage lines - have been major technical, economic and political markers of progress. But the upheavals caused by climate change ...