ARVALIS

ARVALIS - Institut du vegetal is an applied agricultural research organization dedicated to arable crops : cereals, maize, sorghum, potatoes, fodder crops, flax and tobacco. It was founded by farmers and dedicates its expertise to the creation of cropping systems that combine economic competitiveness, adaptation to changing markets conditions and environment protection. It considers technological innovation as a major tool to enable producers and agri-companies to respond to societal challenges.

The Institute has effective means through 26 local sites in France, with a broad range of activities. It operates at the field scale from pre-sowing to post-harvest stages. ARVALIS works in strong relations with breeders and inputs firms (seeds, nutrients and phytochemicals), as well as feed, food and non-food industries. As an applied research institute, it interfaces with French and international basic research infrastructures s and Universities (collaborating through various research projects), and the development organisms such as Chambers of Agriculture and economic operators (co-ops…).