The French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE) is a research body that contributes to meeting these challenges. INRAE proposes new directions in research, innovation and public policy support to promote the development of sustainable food and agricultural systems. It aims to bring solutions for life, humanity and the planet.

ITAVI is an applied research body that aims to meet the expectations of the poultry, rabbit and fish farming industries in terms of research and development. It is positioned at the interface between fundamental research and the field, and as such plays a role of activating innovation.

The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) is the French agricultural research and cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions. With its partners in the Global South, Cirad produces and transmits new knowledge to support agricultural innovation and development. Its scientific and institutional expertise serves to help shape public policies in these countries and to inform international debates on the great challenges in agriculture today. It provides support to France’s scientific diplomacy work.

Through its clinical activities, the Toulouse national veterinary school (ENVT) is closely linked to its urban surroundings and the rural Great South-West region. Its research activities are steered in partnership with the research institutes (INRA, INSERM) or teams from the University of Toulouse, and have long been held to international acclaim. It is anchored in the local areas, as spaces for both economic activity and everyday life, where veterinary practitioners are key economic players. The school is also very open to the world. It is involved in nearly 50 exchange programmes, and offers its students, teachers and researchers many opportunities to travel abroad.

Oniris is the Ministry of Agriculture and Food’s higher education and research establishment. It studies a very broad range of themes, including animal health and public health, clinical and biomedical fields, food sciences and process engineering. Oniris aims to act in the fields of animal and human nutrition and health, by actively contributing to the concept of “one medicine, one health”. It trains students in veterinary and engineering professions.

The Institut Agro is a school within the National Institute for Higher Education for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (institut Agro). It is located in the leading agricultural, maritime and food basin of Europe, and has long been known for its training programmes and research in the fields of food, agriculture and the environment. The school makes the most of its local area to develop scientific expertise and play a major role in the transitions of the sectors. It carries out fundamental and applied research in collaboration with INRAE, its closest partner, and particularly on the more specific themes of agri-food, fisheries and landscape.

The University of Tours is a state institution for scientific, cultural and professional teaching. With more than 36 research laboratories, it is recognised as the leading public research institution in the Centre Val-de-Loire region.

The institut de l’élevage (Livestock Institute, Idele) is the reference technical institute for ruminant farming. It aims to increase the competitiveness of grazing livestock farms and their sectors, while also providing some of the solutions to societal issues. Its work provides technical solutions for cow, sheep, goat and horse farms.

The IFIP-Institut du porc is the technical institute for Research and Development in the pig meat sector. It provides support for the various professionals in the French pig meat sector, artisanal food producers and industries working in genetics, as well as the animal feed, slaughter and cutting and livestock raising professions. It produces and transfers the technical and economic references required to steer and develop activities in the pig meat sector. The Institute’s research and development activities cover the areas of competitiveness, sustainability and innovation.