The French Commission for international agricultural research (CRAI) is a consultative organ between the French research institutions (CIRAD, INRA, IRD, IRSTEA, Agreenium) and the Ministry for Agriculture, Food, Fischeries, Rural Affairs and Land Use Planning, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

 

The CRAI, created in 1978, is the interface between the French research institutions and the international agricultural research system, of which the CGIAR is a component. The CRAI organizes the exchange and the dissemination of information between research institutes and ministries and is the French representative authority within European coordination authorities in charge of research for development (EIARD, EFARD, etc.), CGIAR governing authorities and all the other relevant stakeholders involved in the international agricultural research system (GFAR, etc.).

The commission is also in charge of following up the recommendations of the AERES (Evaluation Agency for Research and Higher education) report and has undertaken within this framework a strengthening work that led to the appointment of a president, the entering of CNRS within the CRAI, the negotiation and the signature by the research institutions of a ' France-CGIAR common agenda' in the areas of Training, Research and Foresight, and the continuation of the active involvement in the European authorities working on multilateral international agricultural research.

CRAI was also involved in the preparation of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), from March 28 to 31, 2010 in Montpellier, organized by the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) with the support of Agropolis International

Bernard Hubert, President CRAI	Tel : +33 (0)4 67 04 75 86 Email
Agropolis International
Patrick Caron, President
Isabelle Amsallem, CRAI Programme Officer	Tel : + 33 (0)4 67 04 38 23 Email
Agreenium-l'Institut Agronomique Vétérinaire & Forestier de France
Marion Guillou, Agreenium Presidente
Christiane Lennoz-Gratin, Deputy Director
CIRAD - Agricultural Research for Development
Philippe Petithuguenin, Directeur général délégué adjoint à la recherche et à la stratégie, Director of UMA-RI Unit
Philippe Vernier,Programme Officer "Relations with international institutions"
INRAE - French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
Ségolène Halley des Fontaines, International Delegate- Director of the joint Support Unit for International Relations (UMA-RI) INRA-CIRAD
Bernard Hubert, CRAI President
Edwina Hollander, Programme Officer for multilateral relations
José Martinez, Deputy Director of the International Relations Directorate
Raoul Mille, Director "International Relations"
Gabriela Sonohat-Sinoquet, UMA-RI
Jean-François Soussana, Vice-President for International Policy
IRD - Institut de recherche pour le développement
Olivier Dangles, Deputy Director of ECOBIO department (Ecology, biodiversity and functioning of continental ecosystems)
MAA-DGER - French ministry for agriculture and food Directorate-General for Education and Research
Marion Bardy, Head of the “Research finalization” Bureau
Nezha Chachia, Program Officer “European relations and international cooperation”
Bénédicte Herbinet, Deputy Director “Research, Innovation and international cooperation”
Virginie Hossen, Head of the “Europeean relations and international cooperation” Bureau
Gerardo Ruiz, Deputy Head of the “Europeean relations and international cooperation” Bureau
MAA-DGPE - French ministry for agriculture and food Direction générale de la performance économique et environnementale des entreprises
Joëlle Silberstein, Program Officer “Food security”, Europe and International Department
MEAE - DGM - French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs Direction générale de la mondialisation, de la culture, de l'enseignement et du développement international
Nicolas Fairise, Head of the Pole “Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture”
Marie Schill, Agricultural Research and Education, Agriculture and Climate Change
MESRI - Fench Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation Direction Générale de la Recherche et de l'Innovation (DGRI)
Frédéric Lapeyrie, CRAI executive secretary
Permanent Representation of France to the United Nations agencies in Rome (FAO-FIDA-PAM)
Agropolis Fondation
AFD - Agence Française de Développement
Jean-René Cuzon, AFD

News February 2021

International agricultural research: presentation and signature of an Action Plan between France and the CGIAR
France and the CGIAR System Organization strengthen their institutional and scientific partnership for agricultural research for development in the South.
The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and CGIAR System Organization organised an event to present and sign their Joint Action Plan on Thursday 4 February 2021.

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September 18th, 2014
Bernard Hubert, President of Agropolis International has been unanimously re-appointed President of the CRAI (French Commission for International Agricultural Research) for four years. CRAI is the interface between the French research institutions and the international agricultural research system.

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June 19th, 2013
S ignature on partnership agreements between CRAI organisations (French Commission for International Agriculture Research) and the CGIAR Consortium (March 4, 2013)

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See the videos and photos (in French)

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October 29th till November 1st, 2012

Download French posters at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) which took place from October 29th till November 1st, 2012 in Punta del Este, Uruguay.

The CRAI (French Commission for international agricultural research) coordinated the French participation to this event.

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