Agronomy research expertise in Montpellier and the Languedoc-Roussillon

Partnership is an essential component of research today. To say that no major question can be settled by a single institute is no novelty. Buiding up and managing multilateral partnerships forms a difficult operation requiring good knowledge of capacities and of the complementary features of those involved. It can be optimised, however, by sending experienced scientists to work with partners with the twin aim of sharing knowledge and prospecting. Sharing knowledge, using their own competences and making partners discover those of the institute that they represent. Prospecting, outside the host team, to find new partnership opportunities within their field of competences that are relevant for the strategy of their institution.

Embrapa has implemented this strategy through 'Labex', ’virtual laboratories abroad without walls’ (from Laboratórios no Exterior, in Portuguese), in the United States, Europe and more recently in Asia.

Senior scientists are posted to ‘cutting-edge’ teams to work two-thirds of their time on an ambitious project of joint interest. They use the rest of the time for prospecting and for seeking new opportunities. Information flows from these Labex to Brazilian research institutes. After the first decade in Europe, we can observe a strong increase in collaborative projects.

This special Agropolis International Dossier devoted to ‘Partnership’ describes results and experiences of Labex-Europe’s 10 years of functioning. Experiences that Embrapa and Agropolis International wish to share.

Coordinator Labex Europe : Pedro Arcuri
Agropolis International : Paula Dias

Table of contents

EMBRAPA’S Labex Program
International scope of EMBRAPA
Natural resource management
Agrofood technologies
'Advanc's biology' and molecular plant-microorganism interactions
Main publications
Agropolis International
Agropolis Fondation
An Argentinian LabIntex set up at Agropolis International
Prospects of the EMBRAPA Labex Program
Acronyms and abbreviations

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