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Success stories
INRA is coordinating instruments of the 6th and 7th Framework Programme: collaborative projects, networks of excellence, integrated projects.
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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

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12/10/2011 European projects
At a time of major initiatives relative to deciphering the genome of bacterial communities associated with humans, a new European project aims to harmonise practices and facilitate the comparison of d

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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01/03/2011 Press release
Given that the demand for food is growing and climate change threatens food security, policies that are currently in place may prove insufficient. INRA, in association with 25 partners, launches the E

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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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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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The cooperation project BACCARA (Biodiversity And Climate Change, A Risk Analysis) is part of the European Union's 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. Coordinated by IN

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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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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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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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25/06/2008 Press release
The European NovelTree collaborative project, coordinated by INRA-Orléans, was launched on 25 June 2008 in the presence of Pierre Stengel, INRA Scientific Director for Environment, Cultivated and Natu

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11/06/2008 Press release
On 11 June 2008, François Houillier, INRA scientific director for Plants and Plant Products, launched the TriticeaeGenome project, coordinated by INRA Clermont-Ferrand, in the presence of Annette Schn

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21/05/2008 Research example
The European research programme EnergyPoplar (Enhancing Poplar Traits for Energy Applications), coordinated by Francis Martin, INRA-Nancy research director, was launched at a meeting held in Champenou

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11/04/2008 Press release
Marion Guillou, President of INRA, launched the European project MetaHIT on April 11th 2008 at the INRA Research Centre of Jouy-en-Josas in the presence of Christian Desaintes of the General Directora

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28/02/2008 Press release
On Thursday 28 February, INRA unveiled the Sharka Containment European research programme to combat sharka, a serious viral plant disease that affects plum, apricot and peach trees. Coordinated by INR

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Nestled in a lush green valley on the outskirts of Versailles lies the INRA Research Centre of Jouy-en-Josas, one of the oldest of INRA’s 21 research centres. This centre is hosting the RIVAGE project

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21/02/2007 Press release
ENDURE, a European Network of Excellence, was launched on February 21, 2007 at INRA in Sophia-Antipolis in the presence of Marion Guillou, President of INRA, and Tim Hall, Director of the Agriculture,

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01/12/2006 Press release
Jacques Remacle, head of the Genomics and Systems Biology Unit of the European Commission, and Marion Guillou, INRA's President and CEO, officially launched the European integrated project, BaSysBio (

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Integrated project on traceability and co-existence of GMOs, bringing together 52 partners from 17 different countries

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European Animal Disease Genomics Network of Excellence for Animal Health and Food Safety

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This network of excellence, coordinated by INRA Bordeaux, focuses on the evolution of trees in response to climate changes. It started on the 1st of April 2006 and involves 25 partners from 15 countri

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BiodivERsA is an ERA-net project coordinated by an IFB (French Institute for Biodiversity)/INRA unit. It involves 19 major research funding agencies from 15 European countries with significant researc

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Written by :
Directorate for Regional Policy, Higher Education and Europe, Virginie Choay
Label for the news :
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Date for the news :
2011.03.08
Date of creation : 16/09/2005
Date of last update : 28/11/2008
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