Fésia becomes France Agro3

After more than 30 years of cooperation under the name Fésia, four French graduate schools of agriculture and life sciences— ESA in Angers, ISA – Yncréa Hauts-de-France in Lille, ISARA in Lyon and Avignon and PURPAN in Toulouse—are adopting a new name which will better illustrate their main areas of expertise in life sciences.

The new name of the consortium is rooted in three fundamental areas of expertise :

• Agro Ecology If respect for the environment is a global issue, then technical and biological innovations and understanding economic and social dynamics will underpin the transition of agriculture.
• Agro Resources Tomorrow, agricultural production will be healthier, safer and will have to ensure both profitability and responsibility from the plot to the farm, as well as at industry and territorial level.
• Agro Food The purpose of transformations must serve both to feed the world’s population while enhancing the global food model.

France’s influence over agricultural, food-related, environmental and life sciences issues is patent. The food chain is the number one employer in France with more than 3 million jobs.

Active and appreciated in the international scientific community, France Agro3 enjoys
partnerships with research centres such as INRA, CIRAD, CNRS, Institut Pasteur, and such
prestigious international universities as Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands, UCLouvain in Belgium, ESALQ in Brazil, and Cornell University in the United States.

Thanks to their close links with the professional community, the France Agro3 network seeks to position itself as a true initiator of changes in the sector. The France Agro3 schools also offer the complementarity of their expertise in research and innovation, a priority area of teaching excellence and a major tool of proximity to companies.