1984-2024: 40 years in an ever-changing world

Just out 1 October 2024
To mark its 40th anniversary, ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â has published a brochure entitled "40 years in an ever-changing world".
1984-2024: 40 years in an ever-changing world, a brochure specially produced for ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â's 40th anniversary © ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â
1984-2024: 40 years in an ever-changing world, a brochure specially produced for ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â's 40th anniversary © ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â

A brochure specially produced for ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â's 40th anniversary © ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â

The brochure looks back over its history since the signing of the decree confirming its founding, in June 1984, focusing on three aspects:

  • results and impacts,
  • partnerships,
  • and future prospects.

The brochure, with more than 40 pages, is lavishly illustrated and includes original interviews with a number of ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â's partners.

From interviews to photo reports, I invite you to discover this sensitive portrait of a research organization that knows its strengths but also recognizes the extent of the challenges faced.

Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin
ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â CEO

 

Contents

Editorials

  • Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â CEO
  • Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State for Development and International Partnerships, French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
  • Sylvie Retailleau, Minister of Higher Education and Research

Timeline

A two-page timeline showing the highlights of ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â's history, in relation to major global events.

Results and impacts

From human and social science to genomics, an overview of ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â's research, which generates useful science geared towards results and impact.

  • Agroecological transitions, from food security to health security: one transition, many issues - Interview with Jean-Michel Risède and Eric Scopel
  • Water and society - Photographs 
  • From wood to biodiversity... a history of forest monitoring mechanisms - Account
  • Characterization, processing and development... spotlight on biomass - Photographs 
  • Health: from research to policymaking - Account
  • West Africa: a bright future for local milk - Photographs
  • Food security: an eventful history - Account
  • Compulsive botany - Account

Partnerships

Who are the partners on which ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â's identity and activities are grounded?

  • MALICA, building linkages to help feed people - Interview with Dao The Anh and Nguyen Thi Mai Huong
  • ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â and EMBRAPA, working to build a desirable shared future - Interview with Ana Euler
  • ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â and producer organizations in West Africa, strategic partnerships for greater impact - Account
  • ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â, spearheading dynamic regional cooperation in the French overseas regions - Account
  • Training: from one generation to the next, times change but the spirit stays the same - Interview with Jacqueline Rakotoarisa and Salohy Rafanomezantsoa

What about the future? 

Using foresight and investigating the potential of artificial intelligence to imagine the ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â of the future.

  • Artificial intelligence and what it can do for agriculture - Account
  • What does "development" mean? - Interview with Catia Grisa and Kako Nubukpo
  • Looking before we leap, a brief history of foresight - Interview with Fatma Zahra Rostom and Marie de Lattre Gasquet
Download the "40 years in an ever-changing world" brochure