Agroecology involves implementing ecological principles in agricultural systems to optimize interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment to lead to sustainable and equitable agri-food systems. Our research aims to: • Preserve cultivated environments • Reduce the use of synthetic inputs (pesticides, antibiotics, fertilizers) through biological regulations • Diversify agricultural production at all scales, from field to plate. Develop sustainable management strategies for biodiversity and the services it provides, at the territorial scale. Understand agricultural living environments, natural or with little human influence, and landscape arrangements favorable to biodiversity. Move agricultural ecosystems towards greater sustainability in connection with the contributions of agroecology. Contribute to climate neutrality, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the sustainable storage of carbon in soils and biomass. Adapting agriculture, forests and water management to climate change. Understanding, anticipating and preventing risks in order to reduce the vulnerability of ecosystems and increase their resilience. Better predicting, preventing and adapting to multiple risks and their interactions. The bioeconomy aims for sustainable and circular production and use of biological resources in order to: • Contribute to reducing the use of fossil carbon for food, materials, molecules, energy • Contribute to reducing losses and waste and develop eco-design (or transformation processes that save molecules, water and energy) • Contribute to the development of territories while preserving natural resources and providing ecosystem services. • How can we ensure food security for populations from local to global levels? • What impacts do our food consumption and behaviors have on our health and the environment? • What are the links between production methods, food characteristics and our health? • What levers of action for healthy, sustainable and accessible food for all? To achieve this, our research: • analyzes and supports the strategies of actors in the territories and in the different production sectors • studies and evaluates public policies in their coherence at different levels of scale, territorial, national and international • studies and supports food, energy, agroecological and digital transitions. INRAE, the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment INRAE offers a wide variety of careers, at all levels of qualification and throughout France. Discover and join our work community! Welcome to the Gotheron circular orchard! Since 2018, scientists from the UERI Gotheron unit at the INRAE center in Avignon have been experimenting with a circular orchard. The objective? To produce fruit without resorting to chemical treatments. How? Thanks to biodiversity and the innovative organization of plants in the production space, designed to limit the arrival, progression, installation, and impact of pests and diseases. Play video A circular and agroecological orchard! Welcome to the Gotheron circular orchard! Since 2018, scientists from the UERI Gotheron unit at the INRAE center in Avignon have been experimenting with a circular orchard. The goal? To produce fruit without resorting to chemical treatments. How? Thanks to biodiversity and the innovative organization of plants in the production space, designed to limit the arrival, progression, installation, and impact of pests and diseases. Reading time 16:22 Play video Will all glaciers disappear in 100 years? Due to the effects of global warming, the melting of the ice is inexorable. Emmanuel Thibert, an INRAE glaciologist at the Grenoble Institute of Environmental Geosciences, explains how a glacier forms and how quickly it melts. Spoiler: it's (very) fast. But is it faster today than it was 50 years ago? How many meters do glaciers melt each year? Is it the same on a global scale, or is the French Alps an exception? To learn even more about glaciers, from their formation to the possible consequences of their melting, discover our thematic dossier, with 3 articles and an explanatory infographic! Reading time 4:23 Play the video [INRAE, the extraordinary everyday] Léa, the eco-balancing artist Léa Veuillen takes us to the Font-Blanche experimental station located near Marseille. At this unique site, teams from the INRAE sites in Avignon and Aix-en-Provence (INRAE Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur center) are studying the functioning of the forest ecosystem typical of the French Mediterranean region. During her thesis, Léa examined the impact of drought on the growth of the Aleppo pine and, more specifically, on the development of its crown, i.e., all of its branches and leaves. With her colleagues, here Mathieu Audouard, assistant engineer, she takes monthly measurements of height and posture, sometimes complex, at 10-15 meters above the ground. Analyzing this data provides a better understanding of how trees function and informs practical recommendations for adapting forests to climate change, such as diversifying species or reducing tree density. © INRAE 2024 – Communications Department – Production Pause B Reading time 2:08
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