The research projects

Objective of the project Climate change is now unequivocal and affecting European agriculture as a whole. The EFACC project focuses on ruminant livestock and aims to strengthen their capacity to adapt to climate change. Climate change is now unequivocal and is affecting European agriculture as a whole. The EFACC project focuses on ruminant livestock farms […]

PULSAR, a France 2030 project for the re-emergence of the white lupin in our fields and our diet ANR-23-PLEG-0003 Legumes have the capacity to produce protein-rich seeds for food and feed, and thus play an important role in promoting resource-efficient agriculture, and sustainable and healthy diets. However, protein-rich grain legumes, such as pea, faba bean […]

SPECIFICS is a project under the Priority Research Programme “Cultiver et Protéger Autrement” aimed at designing pesticide-free cropping systems rich in pulses.   Project site:  https://specifics.hub.inrae.fr/ SPECIFICS aims to acquire new knowledge for assisting in the design and the development of pesticide-free and legume-rich cropping systems. Pesticide-free farming systems require a profound change from present […]

The JACK project, led by ESA, aims to promote the adoption of pulses from consumers and chefs to producers A multidisciplinary team will spend four years of research to valorize  pulses through a gastronomic approach coupled with a better understanding of their agronomic, nutritional, functional, sensorial and environmental qualities. Sixteen private and public partners, more […]

Geographical Indications as Global Knowledge commOns (GIngKo). Reassessing current models of regulation and collective action in the context of agroecological transitions This 4-year project, led by the UMR SADAPT (Armelle Mazé) and starting in January 2023, brings together 9 partners including the ESA in Angers. This project is centered, using the boundary concept of “knowledge […]

Project objectives The longevity of French dairy cows has decreased significantly over the past 30 years, reaching an average age at culling of 5.8 years (according to Institut de l’Elevage and France Conseil Elevage, 2021. The situation penalizes the global efficiency of dairy cattle farms, especially their economic and environnemental performance, and affects their perception […]

Eco-responsible production in ornamental horticulture Objectives:– To develop technical itineraries and technical-economic references to provide products adapted to the demands of the markets and society by :o The development of technical itineraries to improve the environmental performance of horticultural products in order to develop an “eco-responsible” plant range without synthetic chemical phytosanitary products,o Study and […]

NANTES BUBBLES PROJECT The Nantes Wine Federation is proposing to direct part of the production towards other outlets. The “Vin de Nantes effervescent” project consists of testing, on a pre-industrial scale, the conditions for producing an effervescent wine using the closed vat method with a very broad base of Melon B grape varieties, while working […]

Development of a low-input and local apple and pear juice sector The project : The aim of this project is to support the development of the apple and pear juice sector in a cider-making context. On the one hand, it will be a question of characterising and proposing to operators low-input plant material adapted to […]