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07/02/2012 Press release
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,

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05/12/2011 Laboratories – research results
The INRA Joint Technology Unit (UMT) on Sunflower, which associates CETIOM, INRA and INP-ENSAT, has developed Collecto, a software that can simulate the yield and seed oil content of sunflower within

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05/12/2011 Press release
The rarefaction of fossil energy resources and climate change are favoring the replacement of fossil carbon by renewable carbon. In this context, lignocellulosic biomass is a promising resource, as lo

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28/11/2011 Press release
The French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the biotechnology company NewVectys signed a partnership agreement to reinforce their scientific collaboration and develop breakthrou

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30/09/2011 Press release
The French Stimulus Initiative project “Breedwheat” was launched in Clermont-Ferrand (France) on September 29th, 2011, in the presence of Laurent Wauquiez, Minister of Higher Education and Research, a

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25/07/2011 Laboratories – research results
Belonging to a cluster can offer a company competitive advantages that are now clearly established. The geographical concentration of public/private inter-related structures within a given industrial

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In an interview published in the international journal Innovation in August 2011, Jean-Michel Carnus (INRA Bordeaux-Aquitaine), coordinator of the TRANZFOR project (2009-2012), explains the main issue

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21/07/2011 Press Info item
WallTraC, a Marie Curie Actions project is being launched on July 6-7 in Nantes. Led by INRA, WallTraC (Plant Cell Wall Training Consortium) is a high-calibre EU training project for junior scientists

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The Joint Programming Initiative “Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change” (FACCE-JPI), jointly led by France, through its National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the UK, through

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In order to contribute to world food security, the International Research Initiative for Wheat Improvement (IRIWI), supported by research organisations and funding agencies from about ten countries, h

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05/05/2011 Press Info item
The development of sustainable aquaculture is today a high priority for Europe. Coordinated by INRA, and launched on 1st March 2011, the AQUAEXCEL project (Aquaculture Infrastructures for Excellence

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05/05/2011 Press Info item
To meet the demand for food and preserve environmental resources, agriculture must increase food production and quality while decreasing its ecological footprint. In this context, the European projec

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For 20 years, there has been evidence of climate change from weather records. Its impact is beginning to be felt in agriculture and forestry: repeated droughts, advanced or delayed flowering and harve

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30/03/2011 Press release
Marion Guillou, President of INRA, and Didier Marquis, Director of INSA-Toulouse, today launch the Toulouse White Biotechnology project (TWB). Coordinated by INRA, the project aims to promote the deve

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29/03/2011 European projects
Reproduction in goats is highly seasonal and only enables milk production during a few months each year. In order to ensure regular supplies for the goats' milk market, hormone treatments are used to

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29/03/2011 European projects
This four-year project, launched in March 2010 and coordinated by Jean-Louis Peyraud from the INRA Joint Research Unit for Milk Production (UMR PL), aims to propose innovations for the management of m

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02/03/2011 Press release
BREEDWHEAT and AMAIZING are two long-term public-private research programmes funded by the French Stimulus Initiative (“Investissements d’Avenir”). These programmes are coordinated by INRA and headed

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The Global Research Alliance on agricultural greenhouse gases (GRA) held its second Senior Officials Meeting from 28 February to 4 March, organised by INRA with the support of the French Ministry of A

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22/02/2011 Press release
Soils provide numerous essential ecosystem services such as primary production (including agricultural and forestry products), regulation of biogeochemical cycles (with consequences for the climate),

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25/11/2010 Press release
European agriculture has to strike a difficult balance: reducing its use of pesticides, a move designed to reduce the risks for human health and the environment, while maintaining its competitiveness.

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20/10/2010 Press release
INRA and METabolic EXplorer, a green chemistry company that specialises in the development of bioprocesses for the production of chemical compounds, have signed a framework cooperation contract.

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27/08/2010 Press release
The European project DROPS (DROught-tolerant yielding PlantS), coordinated by INRA, was officially launched on August 27, 2010 during a seminar in Montpellier, France. This project will address issues

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10/06/2010 Press release
Twelve top scientists will meet in Paris today to prepare a European–level work programme to coordinate nationally funded research aimed at securing a safe and sustainable food supply. This is the fir

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04/03/2010 Press release
Guy Riba, vice-president of INRA, Michael O’Donohue, research director (INRA) and scientific manager of BIOCORE, Bruno Schmitz and Philippe Schmid (DG Research, European Commission) and Andreas Redl,

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Launched on 9-10 March 2010 in Dijon, the European HabEat project, coordinated by Sylvie Issanchou from the INRA Research Centre in Dijon, aims to better understand the key periods and mechanisms in t

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The European research project SOLIBAM was launched on 12 March 2010 in Nice. SOLIBAM will develop specific and novel breeding approaches integrated with management practices to improve the sustainabil

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On October 30, 2009, INRA, CIRAD, AgroParisTech, Agrocampus Ouest, Montpellier SupAgro and ENV (National Veterinary College) Toulouse, six major actors in French agricultural research and educational

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INRA’s Environment and Agronomy research division has begun discussions with institutions from the Canton region in China on pollution and environmental remediation. A seminar in October 2010 helped c

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30/10/2009 Press release
In forming AGREENIUM, the National Consortium for agriculture, food, animal health and the environment, founding members INRA, CIRAD, AgroParisTech, Agrocampus Ouest, Montpellier SupAgro and ENV Toulo

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19/01/2010 Press release
André Choulika, CEO of Cellectis S.A. (Alternext: ALCLS) and Marion Guillou, President of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), have signed today a five year cooperation agre

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On the 8th of September 2008, Marion Guillou, President of INRA received the Chinese Ambassador to France, M. Kong Quan, on the occasion of the second symposium on developmental biology and stem cells

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On October 20th, 2008 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between INRA represented by Loïc Lepiniec, head of the Plant Biology Division acting for Marion Guillou, President of INRA, and the Unive

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The European Commission and INRA, the project coordinator, have recently signed a contract to launch an Era-Net project called ArimNet for the coordination of agricultural research in the Mediterranea

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A European consortium of microbiological resources centres was launched on 18 March 2009 at the INRA Research Centre in Rennes. The European Consortium of Microbial Resources Centres (EMbaRC) aims at

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25/05/2009 Press release
Launched last 19th May, the NADIR European network, coordinated by INRA (Animal Health Centre of INRA-Tours), links infectious disease and animal disease research platforms. The network brings togethe

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CrossTalk, a new network for human metagenomics research training, has a twofold objective: to participate in building the European knowledge society, and to gain a better understanding of the role of

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26/05/2009 Press release
The new EU DREAM project, coordinated by INRA, was launched last 26th May 2009 in Nantes. With 18 public and private sector partners from nine EU countries, DREAM is aimed at developing food models wi

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Marion Guillou, President of INRA and Mr Abdelaziz Mougou, President of the Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education (IRESA) have signed a framework cooperation agreement. The agreem

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08/01/2008 Research example
Agriculture plays an essential role in meeting new development challenges at a global scale. The “Agricultural Research and Sustainable Development” network brings together high-calibre research in th

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26/03/2007 Press release
As a leading research organisation in Europe, INRA is participating in building the European Research Area. This is one of INRA's 10 priorities for the period 2006-2009.

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