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07 May 2026

By: AgroEcoNum

Berl’Eyes: a tool for quickly detecting and quantifying rapeseed flea beetle larvae using a smartphone

Terres Inovia, with support from the AgroEcoPhen project under the PEPR Agroecology and Digital Initiative, will launch the Berl’Eyes tool in May 2026, which automatically counts rapeseed flea beetle larvae using a single photo. Using artificial intelligence, this tool simplifies a counting method that was previously time-consuming and tedious, and addresses a major challenge for the oilseed and protein crop sector.
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07 May 2026

By: AgroEcoNum

5 interviews to watch on video

The PEPR AgroEcoNum’s participation in Trans Numériques 2026, held from February 2 to 5, 2026, in Rennes, provided an opportunity to interview the program’s scientists.
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07 May 2026

By: AgroEcoNum

A look back at Trans Numériques 2026

From 2 to 5 February 2026, Rennes hosted the first edition of Trans Numériques, a scientific conference that brought together the communities of 13 research programmes supported by the France 2030 plan to explore the challenges of the digital continuum: performance, robustness, security, resource efficiency and societal impact. The event attracted over 1,000 participants.
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24 April 2026

By: AgroEcoNum

Five new projects have joined the AgroEcoNum programme!

Discover the successful applicants from the second and final call for proposals under the Agroecology and Digital Technology research programme. With the addition of five new projects, the programme now comprises 23 research and infrastructure projects, each funded for five years with a budget of between €1 million and €3 million. These projects serve to strengthen and complement the scientific themes supported by the programme and the associated expertise.
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31 March 2026

By: AgroEcoNum

A look back at the PEPR AgroEcoNum Annual Conference 2026

On 6 February 2026, against the magnificent backdrop of the Couvent des Jacobins in Rennes, the annual conference of the PEPR Agroecology and Digital Technology brought together around a hundred people (research organisations, universities, schools, the National Research Agency, the Ministry of Agriculture, and socio-economic partners).
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27 February 2026

By: AgroEcoNum

The AgroEcoNum PEPR at the 2026 International Agricultural Show

On Thursday, 26 February 2026, during the International Agricultural Show, the PEPR Agroecology and Digital Technology programme took part in the meeting entitled ‘Artificial intelligence: what transformative potential for agriculture?’ at the INRAE stand.
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16 January 2026

By: AgroEcoNum

WAIT4 annual meeting: assessing animal welfare in the face of agroecological transition challenges

On 8 January 2026 in Rennes, the scientific community of the WAIT4 project ‘Artificial intelligence and new technologies to assess relevant welfare indicators for animals facing the challenges of agroecological transition’ met for a day of rich discussion and sharing, marking three years of scientific progress since its launch.
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01 April 2026

By: AgroEcoNum

PEPR AgroEcoNum publishes its booklet of key scientific facts for 2025

Discover an initial overview of the scientific results from the first wave of funded projects.
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02 December 2025

By: AgroEcoNum

5 misconceptions about research data

Research data management is now a major scientific, economic and societal issue. Failure to apply the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) not only leads to considerable financial losses, but also to wasted time, poor exploitation of scientific results and a hindrance to reproducibility.
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13 November 2025

By: AgroEcoNum

Plant genetic resources: the new version of the Florilège portal

France is home to a wide variety of plant resources that are valuable for research and plant breeding, preserved in Biological Resource Centers (BRCs). The Florilège portal is a key tool for facilitating access to these collections, bringing together data from all of these centers in a single entry point.
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23 October 2025

By: AgroEcoNum

Launch of the BIODICAPT project

On October 9 and 10, participants in the Biodicapt project gathered for the operational launch of the large-scale, sensor-based biodiversity monitoring project, which supports ecosystem services for the assessment of agroecological systems.
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20 October 2025

By: AgroEcoNum

New tools for measuring agroecological indicators in plants and animals

The PEPR Agroecology and Digital Technology program is funding several infrastructure projects to accelerate the agroecological transition. Among them, two flagship projects are exploring new ways of observing living organisms: PATASEL, dedicated to animals, and AgroEcoPhen, dedicated to plants. Their shared ambition is to identify new characteristics of interest to agroecology and contribute to the design of more sustainable agricultural systems.
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09 April 2026

By: AgroEcoNum

[CALL FOR PROJECTS] Pioneers of Artificial Intelligence

The call for projects “Pioneers of AI” (September 11, 2025 – June 9, 2026), operated by Bpifrance with the Digital Programs Agency, supports R&D projects with high potential for technological disruption: projects must aim to implement a technological innovation with a transformative impact on the economy, ecological transition, and national sovereignty, demonstrated by the treatment of an identified use case.
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23 September 2025

By: AgroEcoNum

“Associate expert” program in agricultural education

Are you an expert in a field related to rural and agricultural transitions? Would you like to share your knowledge and contribute to the education of younger generations?
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12 September 2025

By: AgroEcoNum

Launch of the working group on “Agricultural Equipment and Agroecology”

The PEPR Agroecology and Digital Technology and the Grand Défi de la Robotique Agricole (Great Challenge of Agricultural Robotics) have joined forces to set up a think tank and proposals group on the theme of agricultural equipment and agroecology in January 2025, with the aim of promoting robotic innovations adapted to agroecological practices (for crop and livestock systems).
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27 January 2026

By: AgroEcoNum

A look back at the PEPR Agroecology and Digital 2024 annual days: nearly 170 participants gathered on 31 January and 1 February at the University of Rennes' Inria centre

PEPR Agroecology and Digital 2024 annual days: nearly 170 participants gathered on 31 January and 1ᵉʳ February at the University of Rennes' Inria centre. (Replays in french).
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11 December 2024

By: AgroEcoNum

5 new projects join the Agroecology and ICT programme

The programme community welcomes the new teams!
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24 September 2025

By: AgroEcoNum

The convergence of digitalization and sustainability: a new era for innovation in the agri-food sector

Digitalization and sustainability are at the heart of a profound transformation in the agri-food sector. The CoEDiTAg research project studies this co-evolution between the development trajectories of Digital Equipment and Technologies (EDiTs) and the greening of agricultural and agri-food structures and organizations. This article, which is the result of one of the CoEDiTAg project's areas of work and was published by Isabelle Piot-Lepetit (INRAE/CoEDiTAg co-leader), analyzes how digital technologies and sustainability principles are coming together to transform the sector's economic and organizational models.
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12 December 2024

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The Carrefours de l'Innovation Agronomique (CIAg): a day dedicated to grazing livestock farming

The PEPR Agroécologie et Numérique is collaborating with INRAE, Agreenium, Le GIS avenir élevage and the Institut Agro Rennes to organise a day dedicated to sharing knowledge and experience in agroecological livestock farming that makes the most of wild and domestic biodiversity and their interactions. The day will take place at the Institut Agro Rennes, from 8.30am to 5pm, and can be accessed remotely.
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10 October 2024

By: Romain Bergin

Pl@ntAgroEco project: new advancement in plant identification

The Pl@ntAgroEco project, funded by the Agroecology and Digital technology programme and derived from the Pl@ntNet project, is a promising initiative aimed at improving digital plant recognition and identification. This ambitious project focuses on three main areas: phytopathologies, infraspecific typologies, and multispecies plant identification.
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14 August 2024

By: AgroEcoNum

The objectives of the European AGROECOLOGY partnership presented by Benjamin Sanchez

The objectives of the European partnership AGROECOLOGY "European partnership on accelerating farming systems transition – agroecology living labs and research infrastructures" presented by Benjamin Sanchez.
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