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Press release 07/02/2012

Improving the quality of everyday food products: launch of the European project TeRiFiQ

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In a healthy diet and in specific proportions, salt, fat and sugar are essential ingredients. However, most developed countries are currently confronted by an increase in pathologies such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, which are linked to poorly balanced diets and an excessive consumption of salt, fat and sugar. The European-funded 4-year project TeRiFiQ, launched today and coordinated by INRA, aims to use research and technological innovation to achieve a significant reduction in the levels of these ingredients in foods, and thus contribute to preventing and/or alleviating numerous pathologies that would save many lives.Improving the quality of everyday food products: launch of the European project TeRiFiQ

Press release 27/01/2012

Across species prion transmission: the hidden side-door

Prion replication in spleen of mouse, observation by immunofluorescence. Green=prion, Red= spleen B cells © INRA/VIM/Béringue

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) in mammals, better known as prion diseases, are caused by an infectious agent whose propagation ultimately leads to brain degeneration. For the first time, a team of scientists* from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) report that while prion transmission across species may show no detectable sign of disease in brain, infection can burst in lymphatic tissues(1). These results were published in Science on 27 January 2012. Across species prion transmission: the hidden side-door

European network 27/01/2012

Launch of the European research network Susfood

Launch of the European research network Susfood

INRA is coordinating a new European Era-Net, Susfood, on Sustainable Food Production and Consumption. This programme involves 25 partners from 16 European countries. Its strategic goal is to reinforce the scientific cooperation between EU Member and Associated States in order to maximize the contribution of research to the development of more sustainable food systems from farm to fork.Launch of the European research network Susfood

Press release 20/01/2012

What next for agriculture after Durban?

© INRA, J. Weber

By 2050, the world population will reach 9 billion. Food production will have to increase substantially to meet the global needs, and this in the framework of climate change. Yet, agriculture plays an important role in climate change in several ways: it is a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through inappropriate use of fertilizer, land clearing and other practices. Thus, sustainable agriculture is needed to mitigate GHG emissions, preserve natural resources and the environment, and to ensure global food security. Marion Guillou, President of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), along with members of an independent...What next for agriculture after Durban?

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