ECOSTACK : Developing agricultural systems that promote biodiversity
CAS AFRICAINS : Good agroecological practices in African countries facing food insecurity
PERMEAGRI : Permeability of agricultural areas and the Rhône-Alpes Regional Ecological Coherence Plan
BIODIV+ : Multi-scale diversity in agroecosystems to improve pest control and system resilience
PRADIV : Agroecological practices promoting biodiversity (beneficial insects and crop pollinators) and crop system performance
Water and AB : Contribution of organic farming to the preservation of water resources
TERRAE : Agroecology territories – Research and support for transitions to localized and sustainable agricultural and food systems
Made in AB : Weed control in organic farming – What can organic weed management strategies teach us about weed control without herbicides? – Ecophyto EXPE funding.
CASTOR : Partners Working Together to Support the Agroecological Transition and Reduce Inputs – TERRA ISARA Funding
ACR’Eau : Conservation agriculture systems to reduce dependence on inputs and preserve water resource quality – Funding from the Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse Water Agency
Agro-éco-Syst’N : Identification of agro-ecological systems with high nitrogen performance – more specific work on organic cereal systems – CASDAR funding
PEI Green Manure in PACA : Management of herbicide-free cover crops in the production of field crops and aromatic and medicinal plants in PACA – funded by the European Union and the PACA Region
FertilCrop : Improving and managing soil fertility in organic farming
LEGITIMATE : Development and evaluation of regional scenarios for incorporating legumes into cropping systems in response to global changes
PERGRAIN : Perennial cereals
CERPET : Perennial cereals for an agroecological transition of cropping systems
RESOTROPHIC : How can the functioning of a pond’s food web be optimized to improve the availability of food resources for fish? (Rhône-Alpes region, Ain General Council)
ASSEC : What practices should be used for sustainable management of fish ponds in the Dombes and Forez plains (Rhône-Alpes region, Loire General Council)?
Agroecological innovations and sustainable development for the fish farming sector in the Dombes region (Daniel Carasso Foundation, Rhône-Alpes Region)
SERVIPOND : Ecosystem services and fish pond systems
SEPURE : New strategies for constructing and operating pond production systems for sustainable fish farming
SYAM: Food Systems in the Middle. Experimenting with and facilitating the hybridization of food systems between long and short supply chains.
FILAP : Towards a local food supply chain for the residents of Vaulx-en-Velin
TERRAE: Agroecology Territories – Supporting transitions towards territorialized and sustainable agricultural and food systems
COTRAE : The Agroecological Transition Collectives project focuses on agricultural collectives made up of farmers and their supporters who are committed to agroecological transition.
UNISECO : Understanding and improving the sustainability of agroecological systems in Europe
SUSPLUS : Innovative teaching promoting sustainable food systems
TEFSI : Transforming European food systems
CO-AGIL : Towards agile collectives, governance, and work organization 2.0
FILAP : Towards a local food supply chain for the residents of Vaulx-en-Velin. The aim of this action research project is to contribute to significantly improving access to adequate food for the residents of the working-class neighborhood of Grand Mas in Vaulx-en-Velin, through the creation of a “local food supply chain.”
ValPro Project : valorization of plant by-products from the agri-food industry: production of lactic acid and aromatic compounds.
Use of the Néose® sensor to monitor the aromatic quality of highly hydrated products.
Development of innovative fermented products
The AE4EU projectaims to enable a successful transition to agroecology through the development of joint, ambitious, and long-term actions at the European level in the areas of research, innovation, networking, training, and education. Thanks to a European network and the involvement of actors from diverse backgrounds and sectors, the project will analyze agroecology through its various pillars: as a science, a set of practices, and a social movement.
Implementation of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Ecological Coherence Plan, “permeability of agricultural areas” project. Objective: to gain a better understanding of the importance of agricultural areas in terms of biodiversity at regional and local level, and to identify opportunities for improvement, taking into account the economic, technical, and social needs of the regions and agriculture. This work has shown that agricultural areas, including the often-criticized field crops, can provide shelter and food resources for many animal and plant species. www.permagri.fr
If the history of modern human evolution were condensed into a 90-minute documentary film, the domestication of cereals would take up something like five or six minutes in the last ten minutes of the film, and you would see that all domesticated cereals are… annuals! Today, several research projects are focusing on the selection of “perennial cereals”—capable of regrowing after harvest—derived from wild perennial grasses related to our modern wheat. Several recent advances have uncovered interesting partially domesticated populations. These proto-perennial cereals seem promising in terms of improving the productivity-sustainability balance of cropping systems. The combined production of grain and forage encourages the adaptability of the system, while the ability to produce permanent vegetation cover and a large root system offers undeniable opportunities to promote soil protection and fertility, reduce the use of exogenous inputs, and lower the risk of leaching into groundwater or waterways.
The project “Herbicide-free cover crop management in field crop production and aromatic and medicinal plants in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region” aims to mobilize research and development stakeholders to support farmers in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in their efforts to improve their technical systems in the aromatic and medicinal plant and field crop sectors. It aims to identify solutions for the implementation of plant cover in Mediterranean climatic and soil conditions characterized by very high water stress and predominantly calcareous soils, which are sometimes shallow and where access to irrigation is largely limited.
PACA Organic Partnership, Agribio 04, Arvalis, CRIEPPAM, Chamber of Agriculture 04, ITAB, Atelier Paysan, Isara, Supagro, Valabre and La Ricarde agricultural high school farms.
Following work conducted by ISARA in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region with partner farmers over four production seasons spread across 15 experimental sites, this document provides summary and practical data on the techniques used and the results obtained on winter wheat-forage legume combinations in organic farming.
The work summarized here has been the subject of various research programs funded in particular by the European Union (ERA-Net CORE-Organic Program), the French National Research Agency (ANR), the Special Allocation Account for Agricultural and Rural Development (CASDAR), the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, and the TERRA ISARA endowment fund.
