Sciences en partage

Food under Control
Trace, Audit and Advise
L. Bonnaud , N. Joly
Edition 2012

From farm to fork, foodstuffs are subject to numerous controls relating to both food safety and their production and marketing conditions.This work examines these procedures and explores the concrete effects of current monitoring systems in France, England and Italy. It backs up its observations with numerous witness accounts.

As Close to the Plate as Possible
Perpetuating Short Circuits
A. Prigent-Simonin, C. Hérault-Fournier
Edition 2012

More and more consumers are opting for short circuit food. This book offers a panorama of issues pertaining to these short circuits. Fruit of the collective LiProCo project, it assembles and cross refers the expertise of researchers and specialists from management sciences, sociology, geography and economics.

Rethinking Crop Protection
Innovations and transitions
P. Ricci, S. Bui, C. Lamine
Edition 2011

Recent regulations have aimed to reduce the use of pesticides in farming given their impact on the environment and health.

Is adaptation just a few technical adjustments? Should we rethink the very bases of plant health reasoning according to the principles of integrated crop protection? What innovations? How do we encourage these transitions?

Based on actual cases (experimental work and field surveys), the authors explore the various action methods (technical and organisational) to reduce the dependency of crop systems on pesticides. They also show the current limitations.

Élevages et environnement
S. Espagnol, P. Leterme
Edition 2010

This book sheds light on the current debate surrounding livestock rearing and its changes by questioning the good practices, the impact of food and effluent management strategies and the environmental assessment methods and tools.

Conseil et developpement en agriculture
What New Practices are Required?
C. Compagnone, C. Auricoste, B. Lémery
Edition 2010

What are the current changes in terms of agricultural development and providing agricultural advice services? How can the generation of appropriate knowledge be supported? This book provides answers to questions linked to this topic.

La lutte biologique
Towards new ecological balances
L. Suty
Edition 2010

How can biological control reply to the expectations of an agriculture anxious to protect the environment and the biodiversity? This book attempts to take stock of this specialist scientific subject now become a social topic.

Transitions vers l'agriculture biologique
Practices and Support for Groundbreaking Systems
S. Bellon, C. Lamine
Edition 2009 Conceived by specialists, this summary represents a significant step in the current move by the farming profession and its partners towards more ecological agri-food systems.

La troublante histoire de la jachere
Farmer Practices, Academic Concepts and Social Issues
F. Sigaut, P. Morlon
Edition 2008 Nowadays, who knows what fallow used to mean in France? The history of the word "fallow" and a discussion of the practices involved both pinpoint and shed light on questions that are still relevant for farming today.

Conserver les zones humides : pourquoi ? comment ?
G. Barnaud, E. Fustec
Edition 2007

This work recounts most of what is currently known about wetland ecosystems: functions, socioeconomic value, and legal and technical mechanisms currently being implemented under wetland conservation and restoration programmes.

Conseiller en agriculture

J. Rémy, H. Brives, B. Lémery
Edition 2006 Agricultural advisory services: birth, context and history, operating conditions, organization and implementation, changing practices, prospects and new directions.