All our actions

All our actions

Actions started in 2026

Action name

Action type

Dates

Project sponsor(s) 
(Research unit, scientific department, INRAE regional centre)

CoCoCultures - Collaboratively experimenting with vegetable crop combinations to boost productivity, ecosystem services and the transition to organic farming

Pathway with exploratory project

2026-2027

Mathieu Hanemian (Unité Lipme, SPE, Occitanie-Toulouse)

IRRIBIO - Improving the characterisation of irrigation practices in organic farming

Pathway with exploratory project

2026-2027

Philippe Martin (Unité SADAPT, ACT, IdF-Versailles-Saclay) 

Marie-Sophie Dedieu ( Unité ODR, Ecosocio, Occitanie-Toulouse)

BIO-PACT - A participatory approach to co-design organic farming systems: towards win-win collaboration among producers and processors 

Pathway without exploratory project

2026-2027

Bénédicte Autret ( Unité Aster Mirecourt, ACT, Grand Est Nancy)

CARLOCC - Local breeds in climate change transition:  characterisation of their performance and the ways in which they are used

Pathway with exploratory project

2026-2027

Gwendal Restoux (Unité Gabi, GA, Ile-de-France-Jouy-en-Josas-Antony)

DIVERSIBIO - Diversification pathways for orchard-based systems for conversion to organic farming

Pathway with exploratory project

2026-2027

Malick Ouattara (Unité Ecodéveloppement, ACT, PACA)

BIOZEN - Combination of non-castration and eco-formulated feed to reach carbon neutrality and improve organic pigs welfare and meat quality

Pathway with exploratory project

2026-2027

Bénédicte Lebret (Unité Pegase, Phase, Bretagne-Normandie)

Charline Niort (Unité GenESI, GA, Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Poitiers)

Actions started in 2025

Action name

Action type

Dates

Project sponsor(s) 
(Research unit, scientific department, INRAE regional centre)

CATA - Growing food for tomorrow (community gardens)

Pathway with exploratory project

2025-2026

Lucia Espinosa (Unité SayFood, Transform, IdF-Versailles-Saclay)

Marie Brault (Unité GAFL, BAP, PACA)

PLIAGES - Promoting circularity and local roots in organic pig farming

Pathway with exploratory project

2025-2026

Justine Faure (Unité PEGASE, PHASE, Bretagne-Normandie)  

Lucile Montage (Unité PEGASE, PHASE, Bretagne-Normandie) 

SYNCHROBIO - Automated detection of  female season and the practice of artificial insemination following hormone-free synchronisation via the male effect in small ruminants 

Pathway with exploratory project

2025-2026

Sandrine Fréret (Unité PRC, PHASE, Val de Loire)

Amandine Lurette (Unité SELMET, PHASE, Occitanie-Montpellier)

CO-PRO - Benefits of plant-based co-products for plant and/or animal health management in organic farming

Pathway without exploratory project

2025

Céline Domange (Unité MOSAR, PHASE, IdF-Versailles-Saclay)

Actions started in 2024

Action name

Action type

Dates

Project sponsor(s) 
(Research unit, scientific department, INRAE regional centre)

MAKIBIO - Evaluation of the Multiperformance of Karukéra Organic Agroecosystems as a Function of Crop/Livestock Integration and Biodiversity

Pathway with exploratory project

2024-2025

Nathalie Mandonnet
(Asset unit, GA, Antilles-Guyane)

METHAB - The role of methanisation in the development of legumes for nitrogen autonomy in organic farming

Pathway with exploratory project

2024-2025

Fabrice Beline
(SAS unit, Phase, Bretagne-Normandie)

SELBIODOM 2.0 - Scenarios for the development of organic livestock farming in DROM 2.0

Pathway with exploratory project

2024-2025

Audrey Fanchone
(Asset unit, GA, Antilles-Guyane)

STAPLE INNOV - The role of tropical starch crops in organic farming and agroecological systems: Adaptation to environments and product quality

Pathway with exploratory project

2024-2026

Dominique Rinaldo
(Astro unit, Transform, Antilles-Guyane)

CO-CULTURES - Agroecological co-innovation for sustainable food production in gardens and market gardens

Pathway without exploratory project

2024-2025

Mathieu Hanemian
(Lipme unit, SPE, Occitanie-Toulouse)

Camille Dumat
(Dynafor unit, Ecodiv, Occitanie-Toulouse)

DIVANIM - Impact of animal diversification on the health and performance of AB animals and herds

Pathway without exploratory project

2024-2025

Charline Niort 
(Genesi experimental unit, GA, Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Poitiers)

REGALDOM - What contribution can local animal genetic resources make to the development of organic mixed farming systems in the French overseas departments?

Pathway without exploratory project

2024-2025

Michel Naves
(Asset unit, GA, Antilles-Guyane)

Anne Lauvie 
(Selmet unit, ACT, Occitanie-Montpellier)

Metrics and indicators for agroecological transitions: a real-time approach to "transformation"

Thesis

 

Alejandra Jiménez Torres 
(Lisis unit, IdF-Versailles)

Supervised by Mireille Matt et Allison Loconto

Equine traction in market gardening: trajectories, practices and impact on the environment

Thesis

 

Fabienne Boivin
(Ecodéveloppement unit, ACT, PACA)

Supervised by Annette Bérard, Claire Lamine et Mireille Navarrete

Actions started in 2023

Action name

Action type

Dates

Project sponsor(s) 
(Research unit, scientific department, INRAE regional centre)

DIS-BIO - Would social and spatial incentives be sufficient to trigger the conversion to and maintenance of organic agriculture?

Exploratory project

2023-2024

Anne Stenger, (Beta unit, Ecosocio, Grand Est-Nancy)

INNOV'CO - Coupled innovations between agriculture, processing and collective catering for organic and sustainable agri-food systems

Exploratory project

2023-2024

Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy
(Agronomy unit, Agroecosystems, IdF-Versailles-Grignon)

Margot Leclère
(Agronomy unit, Agroecosystems, IdF-Versailles-Grignon)

INTAB - Drivers of biogeochemical and energy flows circularity in OA: exploring three types of organic regional synergy 

Exploratory project

2023-2024

Souhil Harchaoui
(SAS unit, Agroecosystems, Bretagne-Normandie)

Fabrice Beline
(SAS unit, Phase, Bretagne-Normandie)

Aurélie Wilfart
(SAS unit, Agroecosystems, Bretagne-Normandie)

ISOBIO - Exploring the isotopic certification tool for organic products

Exploratory project

2023-2024

Guillaume Tcherkez
(IRHS unit, BAP, Pays de la Loire)

SYNBIOSE - Syntropy, biodynamics, epistemological syncretism: the coexistence of alternative paradigms within OA

Exploratory project

2023-2024

Cyrille Rigolot
(Territoires unit, ACT, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)

Audrey Michaud
(Herbivores unit, Phase, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)

VINOBIO - Experimental markets for organic wines and product innovations

Exploratory project

2023-2024

Stéphanie Pérès,
(BSE unit, Ecosocio, Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Bordeaux)

Eric Giraud-Heraud,
(BSE unit, Ecosocio, Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Bordeaux)

INCUBIOBREEDING - Incubation for Organic, Open, Transdisciplinary and Participatory Plant Breeding Projects

Consortium

2023-2024

Dominique Desclaux
(Diascope experimental unit, BAP, Occitanie-Montpellier)

ORGANIC4ORGANIC - Potentials and risks of organic manure and waste in the circularity of nutrient flows in organic agriculture at the farm and regional levels

Consortium

2023-2024

Fabrice Beline (SAS unit, Phase, Bretagne-Normandie)

PLANHEALTH 2.0 - Combining levers for the integrated management of soil, plants and animal health in organic production systems: Phase 2

Consortium

2023-2024

Nathalie Moutier 
(Igepp unit, BAP, Bretagne-Normandie)

Actions started in 2022

Action name

Action type

Dates

Project sponsor(s) 
(Research unit, scientific department, INRAE regional centre)

BEE FOR BIO - Determining selection objectives and beekeeping practices in OA

Exploratory project

2022-2023

Florence Phocas 
(Gabi unit, GA, IdF-Jouy-en-Josas-Anthony)

Anne Lauvie
(Selmet unit, ACT, Occitanie-Montpellier)

SOURCEN - Exploring the natural capital resources of farms to feed and preserve the health of ruminants in organic agriculture

Exploratory project

2022-2023

Anne Farruggia
(St-Laurent-de-la-Prée unit, ACT, Nouvelle Aquitaine-Poitiers)

Sandra Novak
(Ferlus unit, Agroecosystems, Nouvelle Aquitaine-Poitiers)

VEGETRUIES - Plants as alternatives to synthetic hormones for cycle synchronization in pig farming

Exploratory project

2022-2023

Ghylène Goudet et Philippe Chemineau
(PRC unit, Phase, Val de Loire)
 

The role of organic farming in maintaining bird populations in agroecosystems: a case study in the Zone Atelier Plaine & Val de Sèvre (ABBird)

Thesis

2022-2025

Audrey Bailly (CEBC unit, SPE, Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Poitiers)

Supervised by Jérôme Moreau et Sabrina Gaba

A global analysis based on the nitrogen cycle, changes in land use and greenhouse gas emissions

Thesis

2022-2025

Noélie Borghino (ISPA unit, Agroecosystems, Nouvelle Aquitaine-Bordeaux)

Supervised by Thomas Nesme et Chantal Le Mouël

Enhancing biodiversity through participatory multi-stakeholder guarantee systems: a lever for scaling up AB?

Thesis

2022-2025

Tara Dourian (LISIS unit, Ecosocio, IdF-Versailles-Saclay)

Supervised by Allison Loconto et Yuna Chiffoleau

Actions started in 2021

Action name

Action type

Dates

Project sponsor(s) 
(Research unit, scientific department, INRAE regional centre)

CLINORG - What are the conditions for climate-neutral AB, in the context of a change of scale in Europe?

Flagship project

2021-2024

Thomas Nesme
(ISPA unit, Agroecosystems, Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Bordeaux)

TYPOBIO - Agence Bio database: data made available to INRAE researchers and typology of French organic farms

Kick-start project

2021-2022

Chantal Le Mouël
(Smart unit, Ecosocio, Bretagne-Normandie)

MULTIFUNK - Assessment of the multifunctionality of agroecosystems within the context of the spatial expansion of organic agriculture

Consortium

2021-2021

Adrien Rusch et Adeline Alonso-Ugaglia
(SAVE unit, SPE, Nouvelle Aquitaine-Bordeaux)

ORIGAMI - Organic pig farming: a contributor to the development of organic agriculture?

Consortium

2021-2022

Lucile Montagne et Justine Faure
(Pegase unit, Phase, Bretagne-Normandie)

PLANHEALTH - Combining levers for the integrated management of organic plant, animal and soil health

Consortium

2021-2022

Nathalie Moutier 
(Igepp unit, BAP, Bretagne-Normandie)

Diversity of feeding practices in organic pig production and consequences on the variability of product quality (Qualibio)

Thesis

2021-2024

Chloé van Baelen (Pegase unit, Phase, Bretagne-Normandie)

Supervised by Bénédicte Lebret et Lucile Montagne

Exposure to food contaminants during the perinatal period and allergies in childhood

Thesis

2021-2024

Manel Ghozal (CRESS unit, AlimH, IdF-Jouy-en-Josas-Anthony)

Supervised by Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain

Are local food circuits a godsend or a double whammy for farmers?

Thesis

2021-2024

Philippine Dupé (Innovation unit, ACT, Occitanie-Montpellier)

Supervised by Pierre Gasselin et Benoit Dedieu

Actions started in 2020

Action name

Action type

Dates

Project sponsor(s) 
(Research unit, scientific department, INRAE regional centre)

BIODET - The diversity of the determinants of organic food supply in school canteens in primary schools: brakes and levers

Exploratory project

2020-2022

Emmanuel Raynaud
(Sad-Apt unit, ACT, IdF-Versailles-Saclay)

BIOSYLF - Livestock farming systems and the capability of producing cheese from organic milk: between farmers’ strategies, technological itineraries and cheese quality

Exploratory project

2020-2022

Thomas Puech
(ASTER unit, ACT, Grand Est-Nancy)

Eric Beuvier
(URTAL unit, Transform, Lyon-Grenoble Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)

ECOSYAT - Concepts and learning initiatives focused on ecologisation at the scale of territorial agri-food systems

Exploratory project

2020-2022

Claire Lamine
(Ecodéveloppement unit, ACT, PACA)

Danièle Magda
(Agir unit, ACT, Occitanie-Toulouse)

ENTAIL - Development of the joint steering of animal health by organic livestock farmers and their veterinarians thanks to video ethnography

Exploratory project

2020-2022

Florence Beaugrand
(Bioepar unit, SA, Oniris Nantes)

Julie Duval
(Territoires unit, ACT, Lyon-Grenoble Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)

INDIABIO - Meta-transition toward organic agriculture in two Indian states, Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim

Exploratory project

2020-2023

Claire Aubron
(Selmet unit, ACT, Occitanie-Montpellier)

LAPOESIE - Interspecific ecosystem benefits between rabbits and apple orchards

Exploratory project

2020-2022

Davi Savietto
(GenPhySE unit, Phase, Occitanie-Toulouse)

Stéphanie Drusch
(UERI Gotheron, SPE, PACA)

MICROVARIOR - Organic wines made from resistant grape varieties: analysis of the microbiota of grape berries and their potential for spontaneous fermentation in pesticide-free organic agriculture

Exploratory project

2020-2022

Cécile Neuvéglise
(SPO unit, MICA, Occitanie-Montpellier)

Evelyne Aguera
(Pech Rouge unit, Transform, Occitanie-Montpellier)

PACON - Knowledge sharing through digital technology for the (re)design of organic farms

Exploratory project

2020-2022

Kevin Morel
(SADAPT unit, ACT, IdF-Versailles-Saclay)

SELBIODOM - Development scenarios for organic farming in France’s overseas departments and regions

Exploratory project

2020-2022

Jean-Philippe Choisis
(Selmet unit, ACT, Antilles-Guyane)

Audrey Fanchone
(Zootechnie unit, GA, Antilles-Guyane)

AGRIBIOLEG - The impact of nitrogen resources on the potential of legume species, and their integration into agricultural systems at different scales

Consortium

2020-2022

Pietro Barbieri
(ISPA unit, Agroecosystems, Nouvelle Aquitaine-Bordeaux)

Could soil phosphorus availability limit AB production in a context of strong expansion?

Thesis

2020-2023

Joséphine Demay (ISPA unit, Agroecosystems, Nouvelle Aquitaine-Bordeaux)

Supervised by Sylvain Pellerin, Thomas Nesme et Bruno Ringeval

Understanding and predicting the evolution of wheat populations during 12 years of participatory selection. Effects of the environment, practices, kinship relationships and relationships between traits

Thesis

2020-2023

Michel Turbet-Delof (GQE unit, BAP, IdF-Versailles-Saclay)

Supervised by Isabelle Goldringer, Olivier David et Arnaud Gauffreteau

Previous actions

Action name

Action type

Dates

Project sponsor(s) 
(Research unit, scientific department, INRAE regional centre)

Impact of the proportion of AB in the landscape on pesticide use in perennial crops: an approach based on analysis of datasets collected on large spatial and temporal scales

Thesis

2019- 2022

Lucas Etienne (UR PSH, Agroecosystems, PACA)

Supervised by Claire Lavigne, Pierre Franck et Adrien Rusch

What would be the effects of organic agriculture expansion on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture?

Thesis

2018-2021

Ulysse Gaudaré (ISPA unit, Agroecosystems, Nouvelle Aquitaine-Bordeaux)

Supervised by Thomas Nesme et Sylvain Pellerin