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The
XIth ESA
congress creates the opportunity to organise an International
Scientific Week, AGRO2010 Montpellier, combining several symposia
around agronomic research and its contribution to sustainable
development.
The
objectives of AGRO2010 are to:
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demonstrate the scientific
coherence, ambitions and contribution of
Agronomy as a science ;
- work
with other disciplines on the definition
of new frontiers in interdisciplinary research, especially
with Integrative Plant Biology, Soil and Hydrology, Ecology
and Plant Protection, Economy and Social Sciences, Computer
and Artificial Intelligence…;
-
make a scientific contribution
to the burning questions of 2010 with regards to agriculture
and its contribution to sustainable development and natural
resource management. In addition to climate change and
energy crops, it is likely that the co-existence of food
and non food uses in farming systems or the design of
“ecologically intensive” cropping systems
will be among these burning questions in 2010;
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attract more students and
young scientists to work on the type of
questions and with the type of approaches we develop in
our research.
In
the name of the organizing and scientific committees, I look
forward to welcoming you in Montpellier in the Languedoc-Roussillon
region, to discover the world’s greatest concentration
of skills and expertise in fields related to agriculture,
food, biodiversity, environment and rural societies, open
to the development of the Mediterranean and tropical regions.
Jacques
Wery
President
of AGRO2010 Scientific Committee
President of ESA |
