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Agroecology: research for the transition of agri-food chains and territories

by Thierry Caquet (editorial coordination), Chantal Gascuel (editorial coordination), Michèle Tixier-Boichard (editorial coordination)

Collection: Matière à débattre et décider

january 2020

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Agroecology was chosen by INRAE as one of its interdisciplinary scientific foresight studies designed to identify research fronts in response to major societal challenges. Eighty researchers drew up an assessment and proposed research avenues for agroecology. This book summarizes their main conclusions.

Agroecology, as a scientific discipline that puts ecology back at the centre of agricultural system design, is now well established. Diversification of living organisms in agroecosystems is a broad objective that is intended to make these systems more robust and resilient. Research in genetics and landscape ecology must be mobilized so that agroecology can use mechanisms from the field to landscape scales. Progress is being made in modelling agroecological systems to better understand the many biotic and abiotic interactions, to predict them, and to begin to manage some of them. Diversification of living organisms in agricultural production (species, varieties, crop rotations, etc.) leads to more varied products. The consequences will be significant on the commodity chains, and more precisely on agri-food systems, from production methods to product consumption. These changes are long-term. The agroecological transition, which is adaptive, co-constructed with all actors, is in itself a research subject, and will rely on experimental devices, farms, and ‘Territories of innovation’.

The English version of this book, Agroecology: research for the transition of agri-food chains and territories, is available on our website.

La version anglaise de ce titre, Agroecology: research for the transition of agri-food chains and territories, est disponible sur notre site.

Préface
Introduction
Des principes fondateurs
Des attentes sociétales nationales et internationales
Des recherches fondées sur de nouveaux paradigmes
et de nouvelles approches
Références bibliographiques

1 - Intégrer l’agroécologie dans des systèmes agri-alimentaires
Les produits issus de l’agroécologie et leurs propriétés
Les stratégies des acteurs
L’organisation spatiale des marchés
La dynamique et la cohérence du système agri-alimentaire
Les questions de recherche
Références bibliographiques

2 - La transition agroécologique de l’exploitation agricole
Des avancées scientifiques récentes
Quelques exemples
Les questions de recherche
Le développement d’une nécessaire transdisciplinarité
Références bibliographiques

3 - Valoriser les processus écologiques et hydrobiogéochimiques dans des paysages multifonctionnels
Des avancées scientifiques récentes
Quelques exemples
Les questions de recherche
Références bibliographiques

4 - Valoriser la diversité génétique en sélection végétale et animale
Des avancées scientifiques récentes
Quelques exemples
Les questions de recherche
Références bibliographiques

5 - Modéliser les interactions du vivant, en lien avec les milieux et le contexte socio-économique
Des avancées scientifiques récentes
Quelques exemples
Les questions de recherche
Références bibliographiques

6 - Contribution des agroéquipements et du numérique à l’agroécologie : renforcer la prise en considération du vivant
Des avancées scientifiques récentes
Quelques exemples
Les questions de recherche
Références bibliographiques

Conclusion
Diversité et diversification : observer, traduire, piloter
De la collecte de données biologiques en masse à des dispositifs d’une nature nouvelle
Appréhender le risque et l’incertitude : modélisation et partage d’expériences
Le nécessaire changement d’échelle et de niveau d’organisation
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