Nathalie Villeméjeanne
Tel. : +33 (0)4 67 04 75 68
villemejeanne@agropolis.fr
“Les dossiers d’Agropolis International” series is one of the productions of Agropolis International within the framework of its mission for the promotion of the scientific community competences.
Each case is dedicated to a broad scientific theme.
They comprise a synthetic presentation, easily accessible for all the laboratories and research teams on site working on the theme concerned.
The objective of this series is to enable our different partners to gain a better understanding and a better knowledge of the competence and of the potential available in this community, but also to facilitate the contacts for the development of scientific and technical exchanges and cooperations.
to gain a better undestanding
and a better knowledge
of the competence and of the potential available in this community,
but also to facilitate the contacts
for the developement of scientific and technical exchanges and cooperations.
Number 8 - oil: Earth's living skin
(July 2009, 52 p.)
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Agropolis International pools several hundreds of scientists involved
in soil research and teaching–it is a major European hub of activities
in this field, as highlighted in the present document. This Dossier
was certified by the French committee of the International Year of Planet
Earth, which aims to boost awareness on the role of Earth sciences in
the development of human societies.
Table of content:
Soils produce food and clothing for people
Soils regulate inland water flow
Soils regulate biogeochemical nutrient and pollutant cycling
Soils are living environments that harbour multifunctional organisms
Soils maintain an evolutionary record of ecosystems and humankind
Number 7 - Societies and Sustainable Development :
Contribution of Social Sciences
(September 2008, 68 p.)
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Table of content:
World agricultures at the heart of society’s challenges;
Land dynamics and mutations in the production systems;
Commodity chains, standards, markets and stakeholder strategies;
Environment and natural resource management;
Public goods, public policies and international regulations;
Common methods and tools adapted to a diversity of challenges;
Examples of collective expertise to answering social questions;
The Human Sciences House in Montpellier;
Specific training and capacity building opportunities in Montpellier linked
to this theme.
Number 6 -Aquatic ecosystems : Resources and development
(October 2007, 68 p.)
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Table of content:
Biodiversity and functioning of aquatic ecosystems
Fishing : Diagnosis and management support
Fish farming : stakes and changes
Resource quality and biomonitoring
Economic stakes, development, public policies and governance tools
Topics covered by reserach teams
Training at Agropolis International
Acronyms and abbreviations
Number 5 - Agropolis advanced research platform - Genomics & biotechnology
(Feb 2008, 64 p.)
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Number 4 -Biological control, biodiversity, and ecology in plant
protection
(September 2007, 60 p.)
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Characterising biodiversity in agrosystems
- Taxonomic tools serving biological
control
- Assessment of invasive species
- Legislation and regulatory aspects...
Understanding and evaluating diversity and its interactions
- Evaluating host specificity and interactions
- Characterization of genetic diversity
Controlling populations
- Classical biological control
- Sustainable plant protection for
sustainable agriculture
- Agroecology:another vision of sustainable
agriculture
Dissemination of scientific and technical culture
Topics covered by research teams
Education and training at Agropolis
List of acronyms and abbreviations
About fifty scientists are directly involved in research on biological control as well as several hundred more indirectly.
Number 3 -Water Resources and Management 
(November 2005, 54 p.)
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The impact of climatic variability
Organisation and evolution of cultivated slopes
Discontinuous hydrological environements
The contamination of aquatic environments
Developed hydrosystems, territories and societies
Natural and anthropic risks
Water purification and waste water treatment
Topics covered by research teams
Education and training at Agropolis
List of acronyms and abbreviations
732 research scientists involved in the study of the Water Ressources and Management
Number 2 -Food Nutrition Health
(September 2005, 46p.)
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Optimisation of agriculture and breeeding resources through the valorisation
of food properties
Investigations of the mechanisms of action of food components at the
molecular and cellular level and on animal models
The study of chemical or microbial contaminants of food
Study of the relations between Food and major pathological risk factors
Developing a nutritional approach in public health
Transferring technologies to agri-food industries
Disseminating scientific and technological culture to the general public
Topics covered by research teams
Education and training at Agropolis
List of abbreviations
600 research scientists involved in the study of the relations between food, nutrition and health.
In the context of European research, this Food-Nutrition-Health Research centre will play an important role in the fields of research listed here.
Updated 09.07.09
More informations about the Thematic files
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