Results of Agrimonde foresight study, Global food and agricultural systems in 2050: Montpellier (France) - October 9, 2009

 The Agrimonde foresight study, a joint initiative of INRA and CIRAD, represents a collective discussion on the challenges facing global food and agricultural systems. Its results will be presented during a symposium on 9 October 2009 and discussed by specialists from the relevant fields to create a basis for greater dialogue between the stakeholders.
 
How can 9 billion people be fed in 2050 while sustaining the ecosystems that support other functions and resources such as carbon storage, biodiversity, bioenergy, and biomaterials? Agrimonde is not only a strategic discussion tool for these challenges, but also anticipates the fundamental issues that will face agricultural research. Through the initiative, INRA and CIRAD have created the means to contribute to international debate on food and agricultural questions, as well as lay the foundations for the direction of future research.

Results from Agrimonde will be presented during a symposium on 9 October 2009 and discussed by specialists from relevant areas to create a basis for greater dialogue between the stakeholders.

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Young Researchers Seminar : 25th-30th March 2010, Montpellier, France

The French Initiative for International Agricultural Research (FI4IAR: a joint venture of Inra and Cirad) in collaboration with Agropolis Fondation and with the support of the Young Professionals’ Platform for Agricultural Research for Development (YPARD) is organizing its first biennial seminar for young researchers working in developed and developing countries.

Envisioned to be a regular event, the first of a series of Young Researchers Seminar (YRS) from 25th-30th March 2010 will take place just before and overlap with the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), scheduled for 28 March – 01 April 2010.
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Launch of ARIMNet: a new European project in the Mediterranean Region

FI4IAR was present at the launch of ArimNet on 5th November 2008 at Montpellier. The ArimNet consortium involves thirteen partners (Inra and Cirad for France) and twelve countries, six EU Member States (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus), two associate countries (Turkey and Israel) and four countries on the southern coast of the Mediterranean (Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco). The European Commission and INRA, the project coordinator, have recently signed a contract to launch an Era-Net project called ArimNet for the coordination of agricultural research in the Mediterranean.
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Open Science Network Meeting entitled “Partnerships-Innovation-Agriculture

Inra and Cirad have taken the initiative of organizing an open science network meeting entitled “Partnerships-Innovation-Agriculture” to be held on 3 June 2008 in Paris.

The purpose of this meeting is to contribute to the mobilization of the international scientific community and the various stakeholders and to identify research priorities in agriculture.
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Workshop during the IRC/IGC 2008, Hohhot, China

The workshop entitled "A shift in natural resources management paradigm: from resources sufficiency to functional integrity" will be conducted during the XXI Grassland / VIII Rangeland International Congress to be held in Hohhot, China on the 28th and the 29th of June 2008.
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