The Professor Joséphine Peigné

Joséphine Peigné
Associate professor in Agroecology, Head of Agroecology and Environment Unit

Expertise

Agronomy, specifically on soil fertility in organic cropping systems, conservation agriculture, field crops

Research unit
Agroecologie and environnement

Keywords

Agronomy, soil science, organic farming

Ongoing research projects or lately completed

• VALOR : Urban waste valorisation with vermicomposting for agriculture Project coordinator, financed by ADEME
• CASDAR ALLIAGE : Rely on Coupled Farmer Innovations to support the Emergence of glyphosate-free farming systems, in situations qualified as impasse by the Ministry and INRAE collective expertise: no-till field crops and sloping vineyards – 2022-2025. In charge of capitalizing on results and training leaders
• CASDAR TRANSISOL : Development of operational dashboards to manage the transition to agroecological systems based on the services expected from soil fertility – 2023-2026
• Seed legumes: Agronomic and nutritional evaluation of varieties rich in plant proteins, in conservatory and in the field: study of 3 species of seed legumes – 2022-2026

Teaching activities

•  Soil science
• Crop production
• Head of and teaching the specific area of study (DA) TAAM (Agroecological Transition of Mediterranean Agriculture) Advanced Study Area
• Supervision of Phd students and students writing their thesis for the Agroecology Engineering and Master’s programmes

Professional experiences and studies

• Since 2019: Manager of the research unit‘Agroécology and Environment’ at Isara – USC INRAE
• 2018: Habilitation to conduct Research – Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
• 2003-2018: Associate professor at ISARA
• 2000-2003: PhD in Agronomy (ENSA de Rennes) :  “Evaluation of organic farming practices on air quality with environmental indicators”
• 1996-1999: National diploma of Engineer in Agronomy, at ENSA de Rennes.