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Aerial view of fields in Picardy in the area of Péronne in the Somme. © INRA, TISSIER Jean-Pierre

Press release

02 Aug 2019

More complex crop mosaics produce greater biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

Researchers from INRA and CNRS¹, in collaboration with German, Spanish, English and Canadian teams, have examined the effect of field size and crop diversity on biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Published in PNAS, their work shows that increasing the complexity of the crop mosaic produces a considerable (and largely under-exploited) benefit in conserving and restoring the biodiversity of farm landscapes, while maintaining areas of land under agricultural production.

A bee foraging on a sunflower. © INRA, RENAUD Guy

News

01 Jul 2019

Alternative solutions to neonicotinoids

Neonicotinoid-based insecticides used to protect plants are increasingly being blamed for environmental, food safety and health problems. An ANSES working group – which includes several INRA researchers – has published a list of alternatives to replace neonicotinoids in the scientific journal Environment International.

Diversity of Farmily Farming Around the World

Just published

21 Jun 2019

Diversity of Family Farming Around the World

On 29 May 2019, the FAO inaugurated the decade of family farming. It aims to shed light on what it means to be a family farmer in a rapidly changing world. At the same time, a collective book co-published by Springer and Quae: “Diversity of Family Farming Around the World: Existence, Transformations and Possible Futures of Family Farms” reviews a vast amount of research conducted on the subject.

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Magazines

11 Dec 2019

Pesticide action network

Pesticide Action Network, Annual Symposium

On 2 December, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched the United Nations’ International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) for 2020.

22 Jan 2019

Thierry Beauvais, a farmer in the Nièvre region of France, who has adopted soil conservation agriculture methods. © Bertrand NICOLAS - Inra, NICOLAS Bertrand

A pioneer in soil conservation agriculture: a taste for innovation

Thierry Beauvais is a farmer who in 2015 decided to adopt soil conservation agriculture methods, involving no tillage and with permanent cover crops. This system that has led him to innovate constantly, working with research scientists from INRA.

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!

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Reports

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Where’s the beef: fake meat or real livestock production?

Nerine peach. © INRA, MONET René

Pathogen-related harvest losses: analysis and quantification

Querina (R) florina, apple variety resistant to apple scab. © INRA, LE LEZEC Marcel

Novel mechanisms for more sustainable resistance to disease

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