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
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E-learning course on the agronomic and environmental impacts of organic matter management , is intended for agronomist, environmentalists and waste processing operators. It is offered throught the Université Virtuelle Environnement et Développement (UVED) and can be incorporated in an MSc or PhD programme.
Contact : Francis Ganry
francis.ganry@cirad.fr
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
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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.
- Research Units
- Training
- Networks
- Publications
Reseach units and teams involved in Agronomy:crops and cropping systems
Click on the title to see the website | Member institutes and partners | Scientists number | Director | Description | Publication list |
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UMR LEPSE : Ecophysiology Laboratory of Plants under Environmental Stress | Inra, Montpellier SupAgro | 15 | Bertrand Muller | See the description | Publications |
UMR SYSTEM : Tropical and Mediterranean Cropping System Functioning and Management
The unit generates knowledge and tools for use in assessing, steering and developing cropping systems. |
CIHEAM-IAM.M, Cirad, Inra, Montpellier SupAgro | 20 | Christian Gary | See the description | Publications |
UMR Eco&Sols : Functional Ecology & Biochemistry of Soils & Agroecosystems (in French) | Cirad, Inra, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro | 68 | Laurent Cournac | See the description | Publications |
UMR INNOVATION : Innovation and Development in Agriculture and the Agri-Food Sector
The processes through which agriculture adapts are founded on technical and organizational innovations, on both a collective and an individual level. |
Cirad, Inra, Montpellier SupAgro | 50 | Guy Faure | See the description | Publications |
UPR AIDA : Conservation Agriculture and Engineering -->Agro-ecology and Sustainable Intensification of Annual Crops
The Annual Cropping Systems (SCA) and Conservation Agriculture and Engineering (SIA) Research Units were merged to form this new unit as of 1 January 2014. |
Cirad | 13 | See the description | Publications | |
UPR GECO : Ecological Functioning and Sustainable Management of Banana and Pineapple Cropping Systems
Although export fruit crops are a major source of jobs and currency, they are now often barely viable, in agronomic, economic or social terms. These fruit monocultures often cause pollution and impoverish the environment. The markets are increasingly competitive and consumers increasingly demanding. |
Cirad | 22 | Luc De Lapeyre de Bellaire | See the description | Publications |
UPR PSCPP : Performance of Tree Crop-Based Systems | Cirad | 20 | Eric Gohet | See the description | Publications |
UMR LISAH : Laboratory for the Study of Interactions between Soil, Agrosystems and Water Systems (in French) | Inra, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro | 23 | Jérôme Molenat | See the description | Publications |
UPR : Recycling and risk
Formerly: Recycling and risk |
Cirad | 17 | Jean-Marie Paillat | See the description | Publications |
UPR HortSys : Agroecological Functioning and Performances of Horticultural Cropping Systems
Inventing an ecologically intensive type of horticulture so as to feed people better: this is a wide-ranging mandate for the unit, whose main aim is to generate and capitalize on knowledge so as to assess and design sustainable horticultural cropping systems. |
Cirad | 28 | Fabrice Le Bellec | See the description | Publications |
UR PSH : Plant and Garden Cropping Systems (in French) | Inra Avignon | 24 | Hélène Gautier | See the description | |
UPR AIDA : Agro-ecology and Sustainable Intensification of Annual Crops
The Annual Cropping Systems (SCA) and Conservation Agriculture and Engineering (SIA) Research Units were merged to form this new unit as of 1 January 2014. |
Cirad | 56 | Eric Scopel | See the description | Publications |
UPR B-AMR : Pests and Diseases: Risk Analysis and Control
Formerly: Controlling Pests and Diseases in Tree Crops Research Unit” UPR Pests and diseases hamper the productivity and sustainability of most crops, and some also affect product quality. |
Cirad | 21 | Christian Cilas | See the description | Publications |
Training-education programmes
Graduate school "Integrated Systems in Biology, Agronomy, Geoscience, Hydroscience and Environment" (SIBAGHE n° 477)
UM2, Montpellier SupAgro, AgroParisTech, UAPV, UM1, UPVD
Director : Bernard Godelle
godelle@univ-montp2.fr
Administration :
Joelle Lopez et David Martinie
E-learning course on the agronomic and environmental impacts of organic matter management , is intended for agronomist, environmentalists and waste processing operators. It is offered throught the Université Virtuelle Environnement et Développement (UVED) and can be incorporated in an MSc or PhD programme.
Contact : Francis Ganry
francis.ganry@cirad.fr
Agronomy engineering and research trainint programme : Engineering specialization 'Sustainable Crop Production', and Master's specialization 'AGronomy and Innovative Cropping Systems' at Montpellier SupAgro (France).
Contact : Alain Capillon
capillon@supagro.inra.fr
Courses focused on the 'Agronomy, cultivated plants and cropping systems' theme
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