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What the scientists say
Defining the nutritional quality of meals
“[…] French school catering is an impressive global exception focused on balance and diversity […]”.
Nicole Darmon
Honorary Director of Research, INRAE
From the dossier: INRAE for healthy and sustainable school meals – Open thematic
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Food quality: impact on health and the environment
“Compliance with the regulations guarantees good nutritional intake, while at the same time acting as a lever for improving…”
Sophie Nicklaus
Deputy Scientific Director, Food and Bioeconomy, INRAE
From the dossier: INRAE for healthy and sustainable school meals – Open thematic
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Increase the vegetarian offer in school and university catering
“The aim of this research action is to influence systems and change the diners’ eating habits. […] ”
Lucile Marty
Researcher in behavioural nutrition, Centre des sciences du goût et de l’alimentation…
From the dossier: INRAE for healthy and sustainable school meals – Open thematic
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Understanding the varying application of the Egalim law
“[…] Public catering is one of the levers for changing behaviour, on both the supply and demand sides […]”.
Emmanuel Raynaud
Economist, INRAE
From the dossier: INRAE for healthy and sustainable school meals – Open thematic
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A Living Lab for children’s nutrition
“We set up the PLAN’EAT Kids living lab to study the eating habits of children aged 6 to 15 […]”.
Anthony Fardet et Claire Planchat
Doctor of Human Nutrition and Doctor of Sociogeography, INRAE
From the dossier: INRAE for healthy and sustainable school meals – Open thematic
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School catering, an international issue
“[…] Case studies on food programmes in 45 countries are produced and we disseminate the best practices identified…”
Sylvie Avallone
Head of the “Good examples” community of practice of the research consortium…
From the dossier: INRAE for healthy and sustainable school meals – Open thematic
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Measuring soil quality to anticipate future public policies
“The aim of this programme is to monitor changes in soil over time by analysing various parameters…”
Claudy Jolivet
Soil scientist and research engineer at INRAE, coordinator of the RMQS
From the dossier: Info&Sols, a partnership-based system to understand and monitor soil in France – Open thematic
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Anticipating scenarios for changes in intense rainfall, flooding and hydrological drought
“In France, we see different types of extreme events depending on the region […].The Explore2 report on hydrological…”
Yves Tremblay
Director of hydrology research, IRD
From the dossier: The Explore2 project, hydrological projections to adapt water resource management – Open thematic
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Hydrology and climate change: supporting water management for 2100
“[…] A real collective expectation that this data should be updated in line with the work of the IPCC…”
Eric Sauquet
Director of research in hydrology, scientific leader of Explore2, INRAE
From the dossier: The Explore2 project, hydrological projections to adapt water resource management – Open thematic
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INRAE scientists scrutinise NRP governance
“[…] national and regional parks and nature reserves […] look at the territory from a variety of angles: heritage, social…”
Arnaud Cosson
Sociologist at INRAE and member of the Conseil d’orientation, recherche et prospective…
From the dossier: Regional natural parks and INRAE, a partnership for regional transition – Open thematic
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From expertise to awareness-raising: INRAE scientists support regional nature parks
“[…] The partnership with the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse NRP began in 2012 at the request of the ‘aquatic environments’…”
Céline Le Pichon
Research engineer in hydroecology, INRAE
From the dossier: Regional natural parks and INRAE, a partnership for regional transition – Open thematic
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Research on wetlands for better management of regional nature parks
“[…] The park’s managers, who need science to guide their actions in these areas, invited us to write a thesis…”
Philip Roche
Director of Landscape Ecology Research at INRAE and Chairman of the Scientific…
From the dossier: Regional natural parks and INRAE, a partnership for regional transition – Open thematic
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Research at the heart of the Vercors NRP’s territorial action
“[…] Raising awareness among stakeholders includes a competition to reward and highlight best agroecological…”
Grégory Loucougaray
Research fellow, community ecologist at INRAE and member of two regional nature…
From the dossier: Regional natural parks and INRAE, a partnership for regional transition – Open thematic
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Territorial Food Plans: a scientific and social challenge
“[…] The units are deploying 3 types of tools to support TFPs: – territorial information systems…”
Sophie Madelrieux
Research engineer on interactions between agri-food chains and territories, LESSEM, INRAE
From the dossier: Food and regions: INRAE scientists support local food projects – Open thematic
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Action research in support of Territorial Food Plans
“I study the greening trajectories of farmers, public policies and local ‘agri-food’ systems…”
Claire Lamine
Research Director, Sociologist, INRAE
From the dossier: Food and regions: INRAE scientists support local food projects – Open thematic
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Science in the TFP life cycle
“Since 2005, I have been interested in short food circuits as collective actions that help build a more ecological…”
Yuna Chiffoleau
Research Director, Sociologist, INRAE
From the dossier: Food and regions: INRAE scientists support local food projects – Open thematic
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Participatory research for territorial food projects
“The ACT department (Sciences for Action, Transitions and Territories) develops research on food territorialisation…”
Christophe Soulard
Head of the ACT department, geographer, INRAE
From the dossier: Food and regions: INRAE scientists support local food projects – Open thematic
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The position of researchers faced with the challenges of green algae: between experts and mediators
“In 2010, I carried out participant observation with scientists from the Acassya action-research programme…”
Alix Levain
Doctor of Environmental Anthropology, CNRS
From the dossier: From the European “Nitrates” Directive to green algae plans in Brittany: INRAE scientists’ contributions – Open thematic
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Pasture management tools to regulate nitrogen flows
“I’ve been working on ruminant nutrition for 35 years […] When we move away from the animals and assess them as part of an…”
Luc Delaby
INRAE Research Engineer
From the dossier: From the European “Nitrates” Directive to green algae plans in Brittany: INRAE scientists’ contributions – Open thematic
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INRAE expertise for Storm Alex and torrential flooding
“[…] In addition to publications, I contribute to the drafting of guides and notes for government departments…”
Guillaume Piton
Researcher in torrential hydraulics, INRAE
From the dossier: 30 years of flood prevention research – Open thematic
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The economic evaluation of flooding and its models for regional projects
“[…] I have been involved in developing the national framework for the economic evaluation of flood management projects…”
Frédéric Grelot
Economist, INRAE, and member of the ACB/AMC working group
From the dossier: 30 years of flood prevention research – Open thematic
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An innovative flood risk prevention methodology
“For the past 15 years, I’ve been developing innovative flow measurement methods for the Ministry of Ecology’s…”
Jérôme Le Coz
Hydraulics researcher, INRAE
From the dossier: 30 years of flood prevention research – Open thematic
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International expertise to enrich hydrology research
“My work focuses on river flow forecasting and flood warning […] These skills led me to conduct two major expert assessments…”
Maria-Helena Ramos
Research Director in Hydrology, INRAE
From the dossier: 30 years of flood prevention research – Open thematic
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Maintaining genetic diversity in forests
“[…] In particular, we are seeking to propose forest management systems that simultaneously guarantee timber production…”
Frédéric Gosselin
Engineer specialising in forest biodiversity and deputy head of the ECODIV department,…
From the dossier: Forest reproductive material: a challenge for tomorrow’s forests – Open thematic
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From the study of animal behaviour to animal welfare
“I have been studying the behaviour of farm animals and their emotional and cognitive capacities for …
Alain Boissy
Research Director at UMR Herbivores and Director of the National Reference Centre…
From the dossier: Animal welfare: science for public policy – Open thematic
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Animal welfare: from studying stress to studying positive emotions
“[…] In the 1980s, the first research projects were launched at the same time as the first European regulations…”
Françoise Médale
Head of the Animal Physiology and Breeding Systems Department (PHASE), INRAE
From the dossier: Animal welfare: science for public policy – Open thematic
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Oqali data in the fight against childhood obesity and the H2020 “Stop” project
“The Safety and Quality of Plant-Based Products (SQPOV) unit is interested in the impact of processing on food quality…”
Isabelle Souchon
Research Director in Food Process Engineering and Food Physicochemistry, INRAE
From the dossier: Oqali: a food observatory for public nutrition policy support – Open thematic
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Opening up and sharing data on the composition of processed products
“[…] Opening up this data is a key issue for encouraging the reformulation of recipes and clarifying the efforts…”
Olivier Allais
Research Director and Scientific Coordinator of Oqali for INRAE
From the dossier: Oqali: a food observatory for public nutrition policy support – Open thematic
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A platform to study changes in the quality of processed products on offer
“[…] I’m in charge of steering the Oqali at INRAE. It’s a job that combines team management, scientific monitoring…”
Ghislaine Narayanane
Head of the Oqali project for INRAE
From the dossier: Oqali: a food observatory for public nutrition policy support – Open thematic
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Expertise in the biological risks of food, complementing research
“[…] Being a member of the CES allows me to participate in its working groups and to be at the heart of the action…”
Jeanne-Marie Membré
Food microbiologist, research engineer, INRAE
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From research to expertise and regulation of emerging diseases
“[…] For me, research and expertise are mutually nourishing…”
Christian Ducrot
Animal health epidemiologist, research director, INRAE
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Bee expert in the ANSES phyto-pharmaco-vigilance group
“[…] I wanted to make my research more concrete and get things moving, so I responded to the Anses call…”
Maryline Pioz
Animal health epidemiologist, INRAE
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For the European Water Framework Directive: introducing a system to assess ecological status
“[…] Setting up a system for assessing the status of aquatic environments, based on biology, at a national level…”
Christine Argillier
Research Director, aquatic ecologist, INRAE
From the dossier: Science and the Water Framework Directive: 20 years of hydrobiology research for aquatic environments’ good ecological status – Open thematic
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The good ecological status of estuaries: bioindication to support the Water Framework Directive
“As far as estuaries were concerned, we had a long way to go: there was no baseline condition and no “typology” of estuaries…”
Mario Lepage
Biologist and research engineer, specialist in ichthyofauna in estuaries, INRAE
From the dossier: Science and the Water Framework Directive: 20 years of hydrobiology research for aquatic environments’ good ecological status – Open thematic
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Good ecological status of watercourses: quantitative hydro-ecology and bioindication
“[…] To ensure that science supports public policy, the role of the research institute remains essential…”
Yves Souchon
Emeritus Research Director, former head of the Quantitative Hydroecology Laboratory, INRAE
From the dossier: Science and the Water Framework Directive: 20 years of hydrobiology research for aquatic environments’ good ecological status – Open thematic
