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Agropolis Fondation, extended name "Montpellier Agricultural Sciences and Sustainable Development” was created in France on Feb. 21st, 2007 by the three initial founding institutions INRA, CIRAD, and Montpellier SupAgro. It constitutes the legal frame of the thematic network for advanced research (RTRA) “Agricultural Sciences and Sustainable Development”, a network of research units (further described below), selected in 2006 together with twelve other networks for advanced research in various disciplines (''e.g.'' Paris School of Economics) by the French Ministry for Research and higher education. The Foundation is to promote the development of scientific projects of international level (research programmes and education through research) in the field of agronomy and sustainable development in relation to both North and South issues. == Scientific frame of the network == The network scientific priorities relate to the following global issues : *An increased demand for plants, for both food and non-food purposes *The necessary adaption of crops to climate change *The prevention of risks such as plant pests and diseases, diminishing natural resources, risks related to food safety, social risks… The network is composed of high level scientific teams, organized in two tightly connected fields : *Plant integrative biology, in the broadest sense: genetics and genomics, plant breeding, ecophysiology; plant pests and diseases, integrated crop protection, population ecology… *Socio-technical dynamics of innovation : agri-environmental innovation, food industry innovation, social innovation and social management of innovation The thematics involved are centering on the plant : the plant, from the gene to the whole plant ; the plant in its environment; plant products and their food and non-food uses… 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agropolis Fondation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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