agronomy
crop
cropping systems
managing pests
pesticide use inputs
agricultural systems
challenge of agriculture
innovation plant (annual,perennial,...)
tropical and Mediterranean area
environmental footprint of farming
13 multidisciplinary research units
300 researchers and teacher-researchers
19 diploma courses
25 short training-education programmes
Download the agronomy thematic file " n° 12 (July 2010, 68 p.)
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Portal contact :
Chantal Salson
Agropolis International salson@agropolis.fr
Tel. : +33 (0)4 67 04 75 49
Coordinator : Jacques Wery
(Montpellier SupAgro)
wery@supagro.inra.fr
Tel. : +33 (0)4 99 61 25 07
Expertise of the scientific community related to Agronomy - crops and cropping systems > Resources : Involvement of the scientific community in national and european networks
Agronomy Research Expertise in Montpellier and Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France)

Agronomy : crops and cropping systems
Resources in Montpellier and Languedoc-Roussillon : Research units, training, networks and more...
13 research units
300 researchers and teacher-researchers,
100 PhD
The research on crops and cropping systems is a key area of excellence of the Agropolis International scientific community.
Agropolis agronomists are striving to come up with sustainable solutions tailored to a range of different biophysical and socioeconomic
situations:
- temperate, Mediterranean and tropical agriculture,
- large mechanized farms and smallholdings,
- local food production and cash and export crops,
- etc
The complementary expertise of these different research teams enables them to deal with the diverse range of complex issues and agricultural situations.
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French Society for Agronomy / Association Française d'Agronomie (AFA)
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European Society for Agronomy (ESA) President: president@european-agronomy.org Agropolis International managed the
secretariat of the European Society for Agronomy
(ESA) from 2010 to 2016 |
The "Laboratoires d'excellence" (LabEx) selected by the Ministry of Education and Research "Agronomy and Sustainable Development" (Agro) is led by Agropolis Fondation and focuses on Plants of agronomic interest.
Information on Agropolis web site
Agropolis Fondation website
Agroecology monthly cycle of seminars in Montpellier
Several joint agricultural research units in Montpellier from CIRAD, INRA, IRD and SupAgro have initiated a monthly cycle of seminars and debates, in partnership with Agropolis International, around Agroecology : ecological intensification of cropping systems.
See the page about the Agroecology monthly cycle of seminars in Montpellier, France
Update on 21/08/17
Extrait du site http://www.agropolis.fr/agronomy/networks.php