News

Pierre Girard and his prize
Article

20 October 2023

Redaction: Communication

Field Trip, the YouTube series about the Alliance, receives the Reporters of Hope Awards

On 12 September 2023, the video series Field Trip by French science journalist Pierre Girard, co-produced by INRAE, was awarded the “Prix Reporters d’Espoirs” (Reporters of Hope Awards), which honours journalists who report on innovative and meaningful answers to major concerns of our time.
Event

24 September 2024

Berlin, Germany

ZALF Landscape Conference 2024: "Agroecosystems in Transformation: Visions, Technologies and Actors"

The Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) will host the third edition of the international scientific conference "Landscape" titled "Agroecosystems in Transformation: Visions, Technologies and Actors" from September 24 to 26, 2024 in Berlin. The first “Landscape” conference took place in Berlin in 2018. The second edition was held in 2021 as an online event.
Article

29 August 2023

Redaction: Mathilde Calmels

Second General Assembly of the Alliance in Uppsala

The General Assembly of the European Research Alliance 'Towards a chemical pesticide-free agriculture' took place in Uppsala on 22 May 2023.
Logo - French Priority Research Programme "Growing and Protecting crops Differently"
Event

31 May 2023

Paris and online

International Scientific Workshop “Diversifying Business Models for Biocontrol Deployment”

Discuss the diversity of business models used worldwide for the different types of biocontrol strategies and their potential for wider implementation.
Event

24 May 2023

Uppsala, SWEDEN & online

European Scientific Conference – Crop protection futures in agriculture

Discuss strategies for crop protection with little or no chemical pesticides to make crop production more robust, resource-efficient and environmentally friendly.
Event

21 March 2023

Paris, FRANCE and online

Restitution Conference of the Foresight study “Pathways to chemical pesticide-free agriculture in Europe in 2050”

What could be the different forms, impacts and pathways towards chemical pesticide-free agriculture and food systems in Europe in 2050?
Article

29 August 2023

Redaction: Emilio Guerrieri

L-DOPA functions as a plant pheromone for belowground anti-herbivory communication

New paper by Pasquale Cascone, Jozsef Vuts, Michael A. Birkett, Sarah Dewhirst, Sergio Rasmann, John A. Pickett, Emilio Guerrieri, published online in February 2023
Article

29 August 2023

Redaction: Mathilde Calmels

The COST Action T0P-AGRI-Network is calling for applications for short-term scientific missions

Launched in September 2022, the COST Action T0P-AGRI-Network targets the transition “Towards zer0 Pesticide AGRIculture”. Bringing together more than 50 members from accross Europe, it aims at setting the scientific fundament for an agroecology-based transition towards agricultural systems with a zero dependence on chemical pesticides.
Event

02 June 2022

Dijon, FRANCE

European Scientific Conference - Towards Pesticide Free Agriculture

"What research to meet the pesticides reduction objectives embedded in the European Green Deal?"
EU Green Deal
Article

29 August 2023

Redaction: Communication

Position paper on Green Deal call Area 6 - Farm to Fork

The European Research Alliance towards a Chemical Pesticide-Free Agriculture is the fruit of the joint declaration of intent signed by 33 members from 20 European Countries. This unprecedented endeavour has brought the European research community together around this ambitious vision of an agriculture free of chemical pesticides.
Article

29 August 2023

Redaction: Communication

Alternatives to chemical pesticides: 24 European research institutes undertake an ambitious roadmap

A strong demand from public authorities, agriculture professionals, and society in general, all over Europe, has spurred collaborative research in order to accelerate the agroecological transition.
Event

29 October 2019

Helsinki

3rd Workshop Towards Chemical Pesticide-free Agriculture

Under the Finnish presidency of the Council of the European Union, last October 23 was held in Helsinki the 3rd workshop of the initiative initiated by INRA in partnership with two German organizations (ZALF and JKI) on the vision of a agriculture without chemical pesticides.
Event

17 May 2019

Berlin

2nd Workshop Towards Chemical Pesticide-free Agriculture

More than 20 European research institutes are already involved
INRAE
Event

05 October 2018

Paris

INRAE becomes a driving force for a European roadmap on pesticide-free agriculture

One of INRAE’s priority goals is to spur research on pesticide-free agriculture, a major concern for French and European government authorities and citizens. INRAE is currently leading a national research programme and driving efforts to create a European roadmap.