Agropolis International Newsletter 12 December 2011

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AgropolisNewsletter of World centre for agricultural, food and environmental sciences - France Issue 12 - December 2011

Agriculture

Food

Biodiversity

Environment

www.agropolis

International Newsletter

Montpellier Languedoc-RoWorld centre for agricult

food and environmental s

2011

LabEx Agro is focused on plants

with agricultural potential. It poo ls

around 30 research units and over

1000 scientists*

forming a conti-nuum of multidisciplinary skills

and expertise (biological science,

engineering science, social science)

ranging from genetic studies to

the final use of plants, and bene-

fitting from recognized expertise

on a high number of temperate,

Mediterranean and tropical plant

species.

The scientific expertise of the

network is structured in five closely

linked scientific fields:

Genetics and genomics, plant

improvement, ecophysiology

Plant diseases and pests, integra-

ted pest management, population

ecology

Agroecosystem management

Control of processing technology

and food and non-food product

quality

Social management of innovation.

LabEx is a continuation of the

Ad va nc ed Re se ar ch Th em at ic

Network (RTRA) Montpellier

Agronomy and Sustainable

Development and is

based on processes

and toolsgover-

nance, funding,

m a n a g e m e n t ,

p a r t n e r s h i p

established by

the Ag ropolis

F ondation forscientific coopera-

tion, the supporting

body of LabEx*.

The 11 parent institutions

of the concerned research units,

which are partn ers of the prese nt

project, are CIRAD, CNRS, IRSTEA

(ex-CEMAGREF), CIHEAM-IAM.M,

INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro,

U nivers i ty of Montpell ier 1,

U nivers i ty of Montpell ier 2,

University of Perpignan and the

University of Runion.

A qualitativeand quantitative leap

An ne -L uc ie Wac k, Di re ct or ofAgro poli s Fond atio n and coor di-

nator of Labex Agro, explains what

Labex will change: Since its incep-

tion in 2007, Agropolis Fondation

has already supported some 1000

projects involving 300 partners and

hosted 175 international scientists.

LabEx Agro (which will receive a

grant of25 m illi on ov er 1 0 ye ars)

LabEx Agrowhose proposal was rated A+ and ranked 1stex aequoby the international jury responsible for evaluating Laboratoriesof Excellencereceived 25M in funding within the frameworkof the call for projects concerning Laboratories of Excellence forfuture investment. The inauguration on 20 October 2011 revealedthe catalytic effect of LabEx on science and on fostering newpartnerships.

>WHATS ON IN LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON

Future investments/Investissements davenirInauguration of LabEx Agroin Montpellier (Agropolis International)

Seven Laboratories Excellence selectedLanguedoc-RoussilloWith seven Laboratories of Exor LabEx selected under the investment programme, LangRoussillon region ranks third France and Rhne-Alpes regio

Out of the seven LabEx progrtwo are central to the scopeof topics covered by Agropoli

International: Agronomy andsustainable development (AgMediterranean Centre for Enand Biodiversity (CeMEB); that the interfaces: NUMEV: disolutions, material and modethe environment and the liviEntreprendre; CheMISyst: chemolecular and interface syste

Also selecte d are

SOLSTICE: science, technoloinnovation; EpiGenMed: fromgenome and epigenome to mmedicine. This list will likely longer in the near future: twoprojects were submitted for tselection last October: QualiPGoSud.

Launched by the French Minof Higher Education and Res

under Investments for the fuLaboratory of Excellence proj

was a imed at providing la borwith substantial resources tothem to be at par with their counterparts, to attract interrecognized researchers and tresearchers and to build an ipolicy for research, training alevel development.

For further information www.enseignementsup-recherchcid55555/100-laureats-pour-le-1er

jets-laboratoires-d-excellence.htm www.agropolis.fr/actualites/201ratoire-excellence-labex-region-ladoc-roussillon.phpThe regional scientific

community mobilized forthe 6th World Water Forum(March 2012, Marseille,

France)Every 3 years since 1997,

the World Water Forumsets the stage for an

international processof dialogue, action andassessment on majorissues related to water.

Over a 1-week period,the Forum provides an ideal settingfor exchange between the maindecisionmakers, stakeholders andcivil society communities from allgeographical regions.

The city of Marseille (France)will host the 6th World WaterForum from 12 to 17 March,2012. On this occasion, AgropolisInternational serve as a voice

for the Mediterranean scientific

community, where substantialresearch is carried out on water.

On 7-8 March 2012, AgropolisInternational will host an

international conference prior tothe Forum on Water challengesin the Mediterranean region,which is coorganized withparticipants of the interdisciplinaryand interinstitutional Surfaceset Interfaces ContinentalesMditerranennes (SICMED)programme, and in partnershipwith VERSeau Developpement,and the conclusions will be tabledat the Forum. Furthermore,Agropolis International will reissuethe Dossier'Water resources andmanagement' (2005) to update theregional scientific expertise in thisfield.

ContactMlanie Broin, [email protected]

For further information

www.worldwaterforum6.org

>EVENT

provides us with financial stabi-

lity and will enable us to make a

real qualitative and quantitative

leap. A third of the funds will

be invested to enhance

the involvement of

research in major

international agri-

cultural research

p r o g r a m m e s .

Regionally, LabEx

Agr o wil l cre ate

interdisciplinarysynergies with other

LabEx programmes

(see Box) and various

scientific communities,

especially in chemistr y, mathe-

matics and NICT, ecology and

biodiversity and economics and

management. It also offers new

prospects in terms of innovative

educational project building, with

Mont pell ier SupA gro and part ner

universities.

For further informationwww.agropolis-fondation.fr/uploads/Events/DP%20inauguration%20Labex%20Agro%20vf.pdf

* LabEx is thus a pole of excellence inthe regional agroenvironmental scientific

community grouped under the umbrella ofAgropoli s Inter national.

A new monthly scientific get-togetherin Montpellier on topics related to agroecology/ecological intensification of cropping systems

Since September 2011, several agricultural research units (with CIRAD, INRA,

IRD and Montpellier SupAgro as parent organizations) have been proposing,

through seminars/debates with the support of Agropolis International, a

monthly collective cross-disciplinary meeting concerning ecological intensi-

fication of cropping systems.

For further informationwww.agropolis.org (Search Ecological intensification)

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This prospective study, coordinated

by Agropolis International (Scientific

and Technical Committee), with

the support of IAM.M, Montpellier

SupAgro and Agropolis Fondation,gave rise to recommendations

concerning training, research and

partnerships to foster food security

in the Mediterranean Basin by 2030.

The SAMAQQ study was a follow-up

to the ARP PARME forward-thinking

workshop What research an d w hat

partnerships for the Mediterranean

Basin, an Agence Nationale de la

Recherche (ANR) project coordina-

ted by Agropolis International.

ContactsDenis Lacroix, [email protected] Boulier, [email protected]

For further information and downloadingwww.agropolis.fr (Search "SAMAQQ")

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La Lettre internationd'AgropolisDirector in chief: Bernard HubertChief editor: Paul LuuCoordinator: Nathalie VillemjeanneEditorial board: Sylvie Albert, Fabien BouPaula Dias, ric Fargeas, Claudine SoudaiEnglish version: David ManleyLayout and graphics: Agropolis ProductioPrinting: Offset2000 (France) - NISSN 21

Agropolis International,

Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier CETel.: +33 (0)4 67 04 75 75 - Fax.: +33 (0)[email protected] - www.agro

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FAPs are autonomous publicbodies of Brazilian states which

draw up, in collaboration with the

Brazilian Secretary of State for

Science and Technology (SETEC),

local and federal public policies on

science and innovation. For this

purpose, they manage important

instruments related to funding,

mobility and project calls, and

thus have a pivotal role in Brazilian

research scene.

>COOPERATION

A delegation from the Research Support Foundations(FAPs) for Brazilian States on a visit to Montpellier

With a very clear intention to

broaden the global scope of research

and higher education in Brazil,

the French Embassy in Brazil and

CONFAP (Coordination of research

support foundations) have orga-

nized, for seven* FAPs, a mission

in France (including a day in

Montpellier), to strengthen or ini-

tiate cooperation and determine

possible parallels between research

and industry.

Prof. Odenildo Teixeira Sena, the

president of CONSECTI (National

council of secretaries of state for

science and technology), was part

of the delegation, along with Mr.

Eric Bourland, Science Attach at the

French Embassy in Brasilia.

The programme of the Montpellier

visit included meetings with insti-

tutional officials from Agropolis

International, IRD, CIRAD, UM2,

Montpellier SupAgro, Embrapa-

Labex, Agropolis Fondation and

IRSTEA (ex-CEMAGREF), as well

as with representatives of several

research units or project coordi-

nators.

Cooperation spinoffs are expec-

ted, including the prevention of

water-related risks and spatialinformation applications for land

management. Initiatives to fos-

ter researcher and student mobi-

lity are also planned, especially

through a federal science without

borders (CSF) programme which

is to launch soon.

ContactPaula Dias, [email protected]

For further informationwww.confap.org.brwww.consecti.org.br

*Seven FAPs: from the Brazilian States ofRio, Bahia, Pernambouc, Car, Maranho,Amazonas and Minas Gerais.

This visit was aimed at streng-thening cooperation between

Argentina and the French scienti-

fic community. One of the issues

discussed concerned setting up a

Agropolis International welcomed a delegationfrom the Argentinian INTA*, headed byits President Carlos Casamiquela (October 2011)

LABINTEX (INTA external labora-

tory without walls) in Montpellier,

along the lines of the Brazilian

Embrapa-Labex, which is a unique

international cooperation tool

that has been hosted at Agropolis

International for 10 years now.

The delegation visited research units

and met officials from several insti-

tutions: Agropolis International,

CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro,

INRA Montpellier, USDA andEmbrapa-Labex.

INTA has collaborated for many

years with French institutions on

topics such as family farming and

territorial/local development, bio-

technology, bioenergy environment

(climate change) and agrifood tech-

nology (postharvest).

ContactPaula Dias, [email protected]

For further informationwww.inta.gov.arwww.agropolis.org(Search "Embrapa")

*National agricultural technology institute/Instituto Nacional de Tecnologa

>TRAINING

A Masters programmeon Water

This Masters programme on Water

(Master Eau) pools six Montpellier

institutions that are involved in

water research: UM1, UM2, UM3,

Montpellier SupAgro, AgroParisTech-

ENGREF and CIHEAM-IAM.M.

This new training programme, avai-lable since 2011, is divided into five

specific topics. It is oriented towards

professional and research professions

and covers all issues related to water:

Water and Agriculture (irrigation,

cropping environments, soil-plant-

atmosphere systems, erosion, etc.)

Coastal Water (coastal ecosystems

and hydrosystems, coastal and mari-

time activities, tourism, urbanism,

flooding, aquaculture, etc.)

Water Contamination and Health

(human pressure and water pollution,

health risks, aquatic ecosystems, etc.)

Water and Society (public policies,

financial management, civil protec-

tion, water rights, etc.)

Water Resources (water cycle, cli-

mate change, modelling, water haz-ards, etc.).

This Masters programme

theoretical courses and in-

or in-laboratory placement t

This training, which is

towards professionalization

line with the social, econo

development demand, prep

nees for many water-related

tions (including 43% of job

environmental sector).

It is supported by the region

tific community, involving 20

chers from 10 research un

receiving funding from th

and local authorities through

de comptitivit vocation

Eau (global water competi

ter).

ContactSverin Pistre, severin.pistre@univ

For further informationhttp://master-eau.um2.fr

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>PUBLISHED

A prospective study entitled Foodsecurity in the Mediterranean Basinfor 2030: qualitative and quantitativeaspects/SAMAQQ (June 2011, 64 pagesavailable only in French)

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The 17th annual meetingof the European Initiativefor Agricultural Researchfor Development (EIARD)coordination platform

This meeting washeld at Agropolis

International, in Montpellier, from 6 to8 December 2011.

The afternoon of December 7was devoted to site visits andpresentations of research activitiesin Montpellier (ECOTRON, RemoteSensing Center, tropical forestecosystems, price volatility).

EIARD, which includes representativesof development agencies andministries (Foreign Affairs,Agriculture) of Member Statesof the European Union, as wellas Switzerland, Norway and theEuropean Commission, aims tofacilitate European policy coordinationand support for agricultural researchfor development.

ContactSylvie Albert, [email protected]

For further informationwww.eiard.org

>WHATS ON IN LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON

>TRAINING

AgropolisInternational

is now a partnerof the AVERROES

programme

The aim of the

AVE RR OE S pr o-

gramme (European

Erasmus Mundus

programme) coor-

dinated by the

U n i v e r s i t y o f

Montpellier 2 is to

organize exchanges of North African

and European students, teachers,

researchers and administrative staff

so as to promote academic and sci-

entific excellence throughout the

Mediterranean region.

There are 73 partners involved:

45 universities and research cen-

ters, 5 national and local organiza-

tions, 16 companies, 7 networks and

NGOs.

For further informationwww.averroes.fr

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Towards an action plan to set common

research priorities for all European regions

involved in the project*.

The AFRESH project supports the

development of regional clusters focused on research with the aim

of fostering innovation and regional and interregional economic

development to enhance health. It adopts an approach that

combines food and physical activity to help prevent chronic

noncommunicable diseases (diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular

diseases, etc.).

Agrop olis Inter natio nal, the AFRESH partn er for Langue doc-

Roussillon region, federates regional research and innovation

stakeholders as well as local authorities, including stakeholders in

the fields of health and physical activity.

During the first year of the project, the regions assessed their

skills and expertise, expectations and needs with respect to food

and physical activity related to health, at the interface between

research and business. A regional workshop was subsequently held

in each country, leading to an assessment of the regional strengths

and weaknesses in the considered fields, the setting of strategic

objectives and the identification of regional research priorities.

>ZOOM

CEFE, the largest French ecology research laboratory,celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011

Agropolis International Newsletter Issue 12 - December 2011

The Centre of Evolutionary and

Functional Ecology (CEFE) is a joint

research unit (CIRAD, CNRS, EPHE,

INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro,

UM1, UM2, UM3) located on the

CNRS site in Montpellier. Its

activities are focused on key

society concernsbiodiversity,

global change and sustainable

development.

CEFE has 130 permanent staff and

100 non-permanent staff structured

in four scientific departments

(Evolutionary Ecology; Functional

Ecology1; Ecosystem Dynamics and

Governance; Interaction, Ecology and Societies)

and eight common technical platforms.

CEFE research covers four main cross-disciplinary topics, in line with

global ecological research concerns:

Impact of human activity, man-made systems and conservation

ecology

Adaptive value of life history traits in the pre sence of constraint s

Role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning

Global change and ecosystem functioning.

An identity

Based on a long-standing plant ecology tradition, the unit diversified

its biological orientations and models in the early 1980s, with studies

currently focused on topics ranging from molecules to landscapes,

including populations and ecosystems.

A common culture characterized by a balance between empirical and

naturalist approaches, in addition to theoretical foundations, has

emerged and is now a feature of CEFE.

Several approaches and scales

The research locations range from the Poles to the Equator

focusing on Mediterranean and tropical ecosystems. Tis to delineate ecosystem evolution scenarios and str

for their conservation, restoration or rehabilitation. T

is to put forward an integrative view of ecology

observations with questions, experiments and mo

combining field work with molecular marker s

biomathematics or chemical ecology, as well as

studies with long-term studies.

CEFE has a pivotal role in Labex (CeMEB labora

excellence2 (Mediterranean Centre for Evolution

Biodiversity, see p. 1), founded in 2011, which pools all Mon

research units focused on biodiversity and ecosystems.

involvement in the Observatoire Rgional de lEnviron

Mditerranen (OREME)3 helps to structure and ensure th

term viability of programmes and to link observations

physical environment with the living world, a key challenge

current global change setting.

A global outlook

CEFE is geared specifically towards sharing knowledge w

world, while also being closely involved in various regional f

environmental issues.

ContactPhilippe Jarne, [email protected]

For further informationwww.cefe.cnrs.frwww.cefe.cnrs.fr/a-la-une/les-50-ans-du-cefe

1. This department hosted the European Ecotron of Montpellier project, which is now a Cinternal service unit (UPS) -www.ecotron.cnrs.fr

2. For further information on Labex CeMEB (European Centre for Evolution and Biodiver

www.agropolis.org(Search Cemeb)

3. For further information on OREME (Observatoire Rgional de lEnvironnement Mditer

www.oreme.univ-montp2.fr

>PARTNERSHIP AND RESEARCH

AFRESH, Activity and foodfor regional economies supporting health

The current phase, which is coordinated by Ag

International, aims to compare the research priorities pr

by each region so as to identify topics of common intere

thereby develop an action plan and a corresponding bu

plan. The identified research activities will not be con

with in the fram ewo rk of AFRE SH but wil l late r be the fo

funding requests (European, national or regional).

The AFRESH project, which is funded by the European Un

part of the Regions of Knowledge programme (FP7 2010

proposals), will end in October 2013.

ContactSylvie Albert, [email protected]

For further informationwww.afresh-project.euwww.agropolis.org (Search AFRESH)

* Eszak-Alfld (Hungary); Flanders (Belgium); Galicia (Spain); Languedoc-Roussillon (FraMazovia (Poland); Merseyside (UK); Nijmegen (Netherlands); Stuttgart (Germany). The pcoordinated by the Economic Development Agency of Stuttgart region.

Opening speechfor the 50thanniversary

by Philippe Jarne, director

A blue tit(Cyanistes caeruleus), 15 days

old, hatched in a forest nestingbox, and the focus of long-term

studies initiated 35 years ago

>JUST PUBLISHED

A CSFD* leaflet on pastoralismin dryland areas

This leaflet showcases the Dossier Thmatique du

CSFDPastorialism in dryland areas. A case study

in subSaharan Africa which will be published

in early 2012. This Dossier reviews sub-Saharan

pastoral systems, their importance, many roles,

threats they are under, and interactions between

pastoralism and natural resources. It also ques-

tions the conditions for sustainable pastoralism.

Bernard Toutain (agropastoralist, CIRAD), Andr

Marty (sociopastoralist, IRAM), Andr Bourgeot

(anthropologist, CNRS), Alexandre Ickowicz (zoo-technician, CIRAD) and Philippe Lhoste (zootech-

nician, CIRAD) are the authors. This document

should enable readers to form their own opinions

on the importance for States to preserve, protect

and support pastoralism.

For further information and downloadingwww.csf-desertification.org

ContactsRichard Escadafal, [email protected] Broin, [email protected]

* CSFD, the French Scientific Committee on Desertification (ComitScientifique Franais de la Dsertification), is managed by AgropolisInternational.


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>EVENT

The Agropolis InternationalAssociation celebratedits 25th anniversary in 2011

70-85gricultural research institutions set up in Montpellier

86ounding of the Agropolis Associationet up of the Agropolis Science Park

87stablishment of the Agropolis International platformnnual conference of the Consultative Group onrnational Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in Montpellier

8o-founding in partnership with the University ofeningen (Netherlands) of the NATURA network,ging together European research and university skillsexpertise in development-oriented agriculture

91reation of the French office of the International CentreDevelopment Oriented Research in Agriculture (Centrernational pour la Recherche Agricole oriente vers leeloppement; ICRA), which has been hosted at Agropolise 1994

92onstruction of the Agropolis International andopolis Museum buildings

96reation of Agropolis Productions

94nited States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural

earch Service (USDA) and the Commonwealthntific and Industrial Research Organisationsion of Entomology European Laboratory (CSIRO/tralia) hosted at the Agropolis International Campus

Montferrier-Baillarguetauguration of the Remote Sensing Centerson de la Tldtection)

97rst meeting in Montpellier of the European InitiativeAgricultural Research for Development (Initiativeopenne pour la recherche agronomique pour leeloppement; EIARD): founding of the European ForumAgricultural Research for Development (Forumopen de la recherche agricole pour le dveloppement; RD)

articipation of Agropolis in decentralized cooperationgrammes of the Conseil gnral de l'Hrault

(contd on next page)

5th Anniversary of Agropolis

e association, which was founded to facilitatenergy between universities and researchstitutions and to enhance their internationalsibility, currently pools the greatest globalncentration of skills and expertise in areas relatedagriculture, food, biodiversity and environment,

hile also being oriented towards the developmentrural Mediterranean and tropical societies.

ver the last 25 years, Agropolis has built upperience and recognized expertise in promoting

ills, leadership and inter-institutional coordination,llective project management and partnershipilding.

ropolis International, since its inception,s been supported byhe State: ministries i n charge of Agriculture,

esearch and Higher Education, and Foreign Affairsd Cooperation

Local authorities : Montpellier City, District ofontpellier (now Montpellier Agglomeration),rault General Council, and Languedoc-Roussillonegion.

And nothing would have been possible withoute support and commitment of the Agropolis staff,ho could not all be mentioned here, but we shouldvertheless honour Jean-Pierre Frmeaux,e first Secretary General, Franois Martin andartin Weiss, General Secretaries, and Michel

alas, the first Director. Paul Luu is the currentrector of the Association.

Louis Malassis, Founding President(1986-1992)

Alfred-Philippe Conesa(1992-1996)

Michel de Nuc de Lamothe(1996-2001)

Grard Matheron

(2001-2006)

Henri Carsalade

(2006-2009)

Bernard Hubert

(since 2009)

For further informationon the history of Agropoliswww.agropolis.fr/histoire/25agropolis-toute-une-histoire

See the commemoration cerfor the 25th anniversary of AInternationalwww.agropolis.fr/histoire/25ceremonie.php

See interviews of the presidAgropolis International, 15 Jwww.agropolis.fr/histoire/25

See the tribute to Louis MalaFounding President of Agropby the Agropolis Internationa

scientific community, 12 June

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"We had to facilitate information exchange and joint actions in aworld where science is increasingly complex, thus necessitating aninterdisciplinary approach. We were striving to develop synergy..."Louis Malassis, Founding President of Agropolis

24 January 1986, by signing a binding convention, thedifferent member institutions assigned three tasks to this neassociation: to facilitate the production and dissemination ofinformation between institutions, to contribute to proposing andfostering the organization of joint initiatives and to provide overarepresentation .

1. Louis Malassis2. Paul Raynaud (ENSA.M -Montpellier SupAgro-)3. Ren Cano (Universit Montpellier 2)

4. Pierre Vitoux (Universit Montpellier 3)5. Pierre Besanon (Universit Montpellier 2)6. Charles Ribaut (CNFDCI)7. Claude Jouin (ENGREF - AgroParisTech-)8. Raymond Huet (CIRAD)9. Jean-Pierre Frmeaux (Agropolis)10. Jacques Claude (ORSTOM -IRD)11. Philippe Masson (Universit de Perpignan)12. Christian Durante (CNRS)13. Roland Perez (CIHEAM/IAM.M)14. Marcel Girard (CNEARC - Montpellier SupAgro)15. Jean-Paul Hbert (SIARC - Montpellier SupAgro)

January 1986, A historic moment, Agropolis is founded by heads of institutions

Visionaries and builders

September 1985, Agropolis launching ceremony in the presenceof MM. H. Curien, Research Minister, C. Nucci, CooperationMinister,M. R. Souchon, Secretary of State for Agriculture,G. Frche, Mayor of Montpellier, President of the District ofMontpellier and G. Saumade, President of the General Council

of Hrault.

Six presidents

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Agglomeration(1977-2010), President of

Languedoc-RoussillonRegion (2004-2010)

Grard SaumadePresident of the General

Council of Hrault(1979-1998)

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01gropolis manages the French Scientific CommitteeDesertification (Comit Scientifique Franais de laertification; CSFD) Its secretariat has been hosted

Agropolis since 2004reation and implementation at Agropolis of LabExope, the Brazilian Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisaopecuria (Embrapa) laboratory without walls

04-2005

gnature of a framework agreement with the Frenchistry of Foreign and European Affairsroject development and inception of thelimditerrane competitive cluster

06ception of Agropolis Fondation, supporting structurehe thematic network for advanced researchricultural Science and Sustainable Development up at Agropolishange of status: Agropolis Association becomesopolis International

08gropolis International provides a secretariat forFrench Commission for international agricultural

earch (Commission de la Recherche Agricolernationale; CRAI)gropolis International hosts the Euraxess Servicestre in Languedoc-Roussillon (created by the European

mmission for mobile researchers)

09he Directorate of the Challenge Programme Waterood (CPWF) hosted at Agropolis International

10CARD 2010 (First World Conference on Agriculturalearch for Development) in Montpellier, co-organized

Agropolis Internationalecretariat of the European Society for Agronomycit Europenne dAgronomie; ESA) hosted atopolis International

11he CGIAR Consortium (Consultative Group onrnational Agricultural Research; Groupe Consultatifr la Recherche Agricole Internationale) hosted atopolis International7th annual meeting of the European Initiative forcultural Research for Development (Initiative

openne pour la recherche agricole pour leeloppement; EIARD)t G20 conference on agricultural research forelopment

FEW KEY DATES... The Agropolis International buildinga meeting place

for the regional scientific community

Designed by the Montpellier architect Franois

Fontes, in collaboration with the LR Regional Council ascontracting party, the Agropolis International building,which symbolizes the key of knowledge, was funded bythe European Union, Languedoc-Roussillon Region andthe French Ministry of Research. The building belongs toLanguedoc-Roussillon Region and has been the homeof Agropolis International Association since it was built in1992ensuring a presence and an identity for Agropolis.

Together

With 47 associatedmembers, including28 scientific institutions,

5 local authorities andnumerous rural andeconomic developmentstakeholders,AgropolisInternational is an originalpivotal point for collectiveexchange and partnershipbuilding.

1991: a modelof Agropolis International

and Agropolis-Museum

2011: the current site

Agropolis International Newsletter Issue 12 - December 2011

A g r o p o l i s I n t e r n a t i o n a l

wish you a Happy New Year

Prspero Ano Novo

Bonne anne

Feliz ao nuevo

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