AGRI INNOVATION SUMMIT ENGLISH VERSION

AGRI INNOVATION SUMMIT, THE EIP-AGRI LEADING THE TRANSITION TO AGROECOLOGY

Tuesday, June 25, follow the opening plenary of AIS 2019 live

AIS EN 2019

Farmers, researchers, advisors, enterprises, associations, decision-makers ... between 300 and 400 participants are expected in Normandy on 25 and 26 June 2019 for the second Agri Innovation Summit 2019 (AIS 2019). The event is dedicated to the contribution of the European Innovation Partnership on Agricultural Productivity & Sustainability (EIP-AGRI) for the transition to agroecology.

As a reminder, the first AGRI Innovation Summit took place in Lisbon in 2017

The AIS 2019 is co-organised by the French Ministry of agriculture and food, the association Régions de France, the Region of Normandy, the EIP-AGRI network and the European Commission. It will bring together representatives from EIP-AGRI projects throughout Europe as well as local actors and experts.

The event will allow exchanges on the benefits of interactive approaches promoted by the EIP-AGRI (Operational Groups supported under the Common Agricultural Policy and the Multi-actor projects funded by the Horizon 2020 EU Research and Innovation Programme) to the agro-ecological transition.

The meeting will be opened by the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, the French Minister for Agriculture and Food, and the President of the Normandy Region. It will start with a debate on the future of the innovation policy in agriculture and forestry.

Participants will be discussing the following thematic issues:

How to reduce the use of inputs as a way to increase the autonomy of farms ?

What kind of production systems can enable the sustainable management of natural resources ?

How can agroecology be better integrated within the value chain, with the consumers, the citizens and the local areas ?

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How can knowledge sharing, co-creation and dissemination of innovation be fostered at all levels ?

The programme for the AIS 2019 is available here

The program of visits is available here

please find all the documents and reports of the summit here

This event is cofunded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Commission, the French National Rural Network and the Regional Council of Normandy.