The purpose of this meeting was to contribute to the mobilization of the international scientific community and the various stakeholders and to identify research priorities in agriculture. 

 PROGRAMME OF THE MEETING

Part 1: Ecology of Innovation: the diversity of innovation systems and the important role played by the vital interactive knowledge networks, which are indispensable for facing persistent and emerging challenges.

Part 2: New Challenges Facing Integration:  in today’s context, agricultural research must of necessity take into account the diverse functions of agriculture, multi-scale parameters (spatiotemporal and organizational), mobilize new disciplines and involve new actors. This part of the programme will examine the need for and the utility of different forms of integration, as well as the obstacles that need to be overcome in order to institute these approaches.

Second Circular PIA Meeting

Opening Address by Gérard Matheron (Director General of Cirad) In French

Abstracts of the presentations (PDF)

Closing Address by Marion Guillou (Chair and CEO of Inra) In French

Conclusions of the PIA Open Science Network Meeting (PDF)  In French

Videos of the PIA Meeting

- Opening Address by Gérard Matheron (Director General of Cirad, France)
- Agricultural Research for Sustainable Development by Janez Potočnik (European Commissioner for  Science   and Recherche)
- What vision for the agriculture of the future? Ideas of and proposals by Louise Fresco (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
The video

Session 1 “Ecology of Innovation”
Introduction by Papa Seck (WADRA, Benin)
Andy Hall ( LINK-UNU/MERIT, India)
Suresh Gokhale (BAIF, India)
Ntsikane Maine (University of Free State, South Africa)
Guy Riba  (Inra, France)
Bernard Hubert (IFRAI, France)
The video

Table Ronde :  The video
Robert Watson (DEFRA, United Kingdom)
Jean-Michel Severino (Agence Française de Développement, France)
Giselle L. D'Almeida (Interface, Senegal)
Sornprah Thanisawanyangkura (University of Kasetsart, Thailand)
Mario Allegri (FORAGRO, Uruguay)
Bertrand Hervieu (CIHEAM)
Conclusion Session 1 by Robert Watson
 

Session 2 “Nouveaux défis de l’intégration”
Introduction by Henri Carsalade (Agropolis, France)

Integrated land management experiences: a documentary from Brazil, Mali and France
Renaud Lancelot (Cirad, France)
Hans Herren (Science Council, CGIAR)
Bernard Chevassus-au-Louis (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, France)
The video

Round Table: video
Lamine Seiny Boukar (PRASAC, Tchad)
Ren Wang (CGIAR)
Adel El Beltagy (GFAR)
Yvon Martel (Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, Canada)
Bernard Dreyfus (IRD, France)
Conclusion Session 2 by Judi Wakhungu (ACTS, Kenya)

Floor Discussion

Closing Address by Marion Guillou (Chair and CEO of Inra, France)