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Neurobiology of Depression: Road to Novel Therapeutics. © Academic Press, Academic Press

Just published

19 Feb 2019

Neurobiology of Depression - Road to Novel Therapeutics

Food and nutrition

Understanding major depressive disorder by combining the basic concepts of neurobiology underlying the disease and the most recent advances in research.

Human and Machine Learning - Visible, Explainable, Trustworthy and Transparent. Jianlong ZhouFang Chen (Eds). Springer Cham. 2018, 482 p.
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-90402-3. Online ISBN: 978-3-319-90403-0. © Springer Intl Publishing

Just published

22 Jan 2019

Human and Machine Learning - Visible, Explainable, Trustworthy and Transparent

Food and nutrition

Human and Machine Learning creates a systematic view of relations between human and machine learning, explores human aspects in machine learning and provides the first dedicated source of the state-of-the-art advances in theories, techniques and applications of trustworthy and transparent machine learning.

Photo Matthieu Chanel [Agrobio 35]. © Photo Matthieu Chanel [Agrobio 35]

News

29 Oct 2018

A reduction in vulnerability for farms transitioning to organic

Agricultural systems

The transition period from conventional to organic farming comes with risks. How do farmers view these risks, and why? Scientists at the AGIR unit conducted a series of interviews over time and quantitative analyses with farmers who are converting to organic, in an attempt to answer these questions.

Magazines

25 Sep 2018

Aromatic and microbiological signature of natural grasslands © Christophe Maitre

Aromatic and microbiological signature of natural grasslands

Multiple studies carried out at INRA Auvergne Rhône-Alpes have demonstrated that there is such a thing as a “grazing effect” on the sensory properties and quality of milk, cheese, butter and meat. Due to progress in microbiological analysis tools, research now explores the impact of grassland plant diversity on the animal’s microbiota. As it turns out, the link to its area of origin is important for cheese as well!

17 Feb 2017

One Health symposium on 28 February 2017 at the International Agricultural Show. © INRA

Symposium "People, animals and environment: One Health"

60% of human infectious diseases are of animal origin, the growing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics affects humans as well as animals, the dispersion of contaminants in the environment has impacts on human health... Public health issues constitute important fields of research for INRA. The Institute is holding its scientific symposium at the Paris International Agricultural Show on 28 February on the subject "People, Animals, Environment: One Health". Follow the symposium live starting at 14h30 on this page and on twitter with the hashtag #OneHealth.

29 Jan 2016

Film d'animation du projet Road Movie. © INRA

Plants take up their arms

At INRA Angers-Nantes, IRHS researchers are studying plant mechanisms of resistance against disease, and in particular against apple scab.

27 Nov 2015

4 per 1000 initiative: storing carbon in the soil for food security and climate. © INRA

Soils for food security and the climate

The "4 parts per 1000" initiative proposes to increase organic matter contents and encourage carbon sequestration in soils, through the application of appropriate farming and forestry practices.

Reports

Climate Change - Agroecology

L'Unité Expérimentale de Gotheron développe des programmes d'expérimentation-recherche sur les systèmes de production durable en ARBORICULTURE fruitière (abricotiers, pêchers, pommiers, poiriers). © MAITRE Christophe

Water and agriculture

Climate Change - Agroecology

L'Unité Expérimentale de Gotheron développe des programmes d'expérimentation-recherche sur les systèmes de production durable en ARBORICULTURE fruitière (abricotiers, pêchers, pommiers, poiriers). © MAITRE Christophe

Water and agriculture

Global food security

Covered market at Brive la Gaillarde. © INRA, Bertrand NICOLAS

Towards more sustainable food supplies

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