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Public policy support – Regions and sustainable development
INRAE scientists and their partners talk about the research, expertise, training and joint management activities they carry out together in agriculture, food, the environment and associated risks.

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Permanent public policy support systems
Within the research-expertise-public policy support continuum, permanent public policy support systems are dedicated to supporting public policies and have their own permanent resources. INRAE is involved in various ways in the research-expertise-public policy support continuum.
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Scientists talk about their public policy support activities
An application to design agro-ecological transition scenarios
Rémy Ballot works in a research team that has been able to anticipate the necessary changes towards more sustainable farming practices …
Rémy Ballot
Research engineer, Agronomist, INRAE
Assessing farms’ sustainability with the new IDEA version 4 method
Coordinated by Frédéric Zahm, work on the IDEA method has resulted in the new version 4 …
Frédéric Zahm
Agro-economist, INRAE
From short circuits to regional food projects
Since 2005, Yuna Chiffoleau has been interested in short food circuits as collective actions to help …
Yuna Chiffoleau
Research Director, Sociologist, INRAE
Expertise to assess the impact of a trade agreement on biodiversity
Stephan Ambec works at the Toulouse School of Economics as part of a team conducting research into the …
Stefan Ambec
Research Director, Environmental economist, INRAE
Restoring river banks
André Evette works on the restoration of river banks. He is developing alternative techniques that are more …
André Evette
Research engineer, INRAE
Modelling to help manage water and wastewater networks
Yves Le Gat conducts research as part of the Gestion Patrimoniale des Infrastructures liées à l’Eau …
Yves Le Gat
Researcher in Applied Statistics for Infrastructure Asset Management, INRAE
Our partners talk about their collaboration with scientists
Avignon: a study area for sustainable school catering
“[…] By studying or co-constructing our actions, scientists give weight to our choices […]”.

Hugues Fortuna
Director of municipal catering, Avignon
From the dossier: INRAE for healthy and sustainable school meals – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: Avignon: a study area for sustainable school cateringThe many ways in which research supports NRPs
“[…] The conversion to agro-ecology, at the heart of the partnership with INRAE, provides an illustration of our initiatives (webinars …

François Mitteault
Chair of the Orientation, Research and Foresight Council (CORP) of the Federation…
From the dossier: Regional natural parks and INRAE, a partnership for regional transition – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: The many ways in which research supports NRPsResearch to support the agroecological transition of NRPs
“[…] Scientists are interested in the Vercors, particularly for its Hauts-Plateaux national nature reserve …

Jean-Luc Langlois
"Agroecology" Project Officer at the Vercors Regional Nature Park
From the dossier: Regional natural parks and INRAE, a partnership for regional transition – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: Research to support the agroecological transition of NRPsTAPs, at the crossroads of MASA-DRAF, NRP and scientific research
“Our NRP has been looking at food issues since 2010. As an Regional Nature Park, we have a …

Richard Bonin & Florence Dodet
Monts d'Ardèche Regional Nature Park
From the dossier: Food and regions: INRAE scientists support local food projects – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: TAPs, at the crossroads of MASA-DRAF, NRP and scientific researchTAPs, a public policy being implemented at MASA, supported by scientific expertise…
“Territorial food projects are defined by law, with a framework setting out the broad outlines …

Cédric Prévost
French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
From the dossier: Food and regions: INRAE scientists support local food projects – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: TAPs, a public policy being implemented at MASA, supported by scientific expertise…Regions and sustainable development in our dossiers at the interface between science and public policy

Thematic dossier
INRAE for healthy and sustainable school meals
From nutrition to the environment and food behaviour in school catering, INRAE supports public policies…

Thematic dossier
Regional natural parks and INRAE, a partnership for regional transition
The regional nature parks (PNR), set up in 1967 and now numbering 58, are important partners for INRAE. This partnership …

Thematic dossier
Information systems to facilitate regional management
Data and information systems are a strategic interface that is used by both public policy and research…
Regions and sustainable development projects
GoLFor-DEEPN: Local Forest Governance
Development, Environment and Political Economy in Nepal The GoLFor-DEEPN* project aims to assess the effects of the decentralisation of forest management from the Forest Department to the local level in Nepal on three points: (1) forest cover, (2) collective action within villages and (3) the functioning of the local political system. After decades of deforestation…
Project leader(s) :
François Libois – Unité PjSE, Paris
Partner(s) :
ANR – CNRS; UKAID Projet ANR-18-CE03-0005
P3A: Support Programme for the Implementation of the Association Agreement
Capacity-building implementation of the forestry strategyby the DFG In 2004, the European Commission launched a twinning initiative aimed at helping certain independent states in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region, such as Algeria, which has an estimated forest heritage of 4,100,000 ha, including 1,700,000 ha of forest. But although this heritage offers society an extraordinary…
Project leader(s) :
Christian Dupraz – unité ABSys, Montpellier (INRAE, Cirad, Institut Agro – SupAgro)
Partner(s) :
Consortium Jumelage France/Senior & Italie/Junior, Algérie : DGF, DPVCT et MADR, Italie : MiPAAF, Suède : Skogsstyrelsen, FranceAgriMer
World Bank study on the MRV (Monitoring-Reporting-Verification) method for livestock farming
Case studies and regional workshops In 2020, the World Bank commissioned INRAE to carry out a study entitled “MRV study for a reduction in GHG emissions from livestock farming in conjunction with a reduction in deforestation”. The study is based on the hypothesis that promoting certain intensive livestock farming practices can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)…
Project leader(s) :
Jean-François Soussana et Vincent Blanfort – Présidence – Direction générale INRAE, Cirad (consortium INRAE-CIRAD)
Partner(s) :
Banque Mondiale (BM/WB)

