Issues, challenges and positioning
In a context marked by strong societal demand for quality food produced in an environmentally-friendly way, fluctuating input and product prices, and climatic hazards, the world of agriculture is facing multiple transitions: agro-ecological, agri-food, energy and digital. Agricultural players (companies, consulting organizations, cooperatives, etc.) are focusing on supporting these transitions and seeking to meet farmers' new needs.
Le Collège Agrosciences contribue à cette dynamique à la fois en formant les ingénieurs agronomes conscients de ces enjeux mais aussi en accompagnant les agriculteurs, les entreprises et les collectivités territoriales dans la recherche et la mise en œuvre de solutions innovantes.
Skills and teams
The Agrosciences College comprises 3 teams:
- The Animal Sciences team, 5 teacher-researchers and 1 technician, with skills in animal genetics, ruminant and monogastric breeding systems, nutrition and animal welfare.
- The Agronomic Sciences and Techniques team, 12 teacher-researchers and 3 research engineers with cross-disciplinary skills in soil science, genetics, plant ecophysiology, crop protection agronomy and agromechanics;
- The Agro-environmental Sciences team, comprising 8 teacher-researchers and 2 design engineers, with skills in agroecology, soil science, biogeochemistry, hydrology, cartography and plant and animal ecology.
Agrosciences College missions
The Agrosciences college is involved in a number of training courses:
- Agronomy and Agro-industry engineering: the Agrosciences College runs four advanced courses at the end of the curriculum: Agroequipment and New Technologies; Agroecology, Soils, Waters and Territory; Agronomy and Territory; Issues and Challenges in Animal Production. Upstream, it contributes to the courses that prepare students and apprentices for these advanced courses, in particular farm analysis, agronomy, zootechnics, biodiversity and international agricultural sectors.
- A Master's degree, co-habilitated with UPJV, in Plant Selection, Plant Improvement and Varietal Creation (emPLANT). Erasmus Mundus accredited, this master's degree trains breeders capable of leading and coordinating international multi-disciplinary teams involved in plant breeding and creation.
- A non-degree course, Water and Environmental Management, resolutely interdisciplinary and international
The teacher-researchers in the Agrosciences College are members of UniLaSalle's accredited research units:
- AGHYLE (Agro-ecology, Hydrogeochemistry, Environments & Resources) ;
- INTERACT (Innovation, Territory, Agriculture & Agroindustry, Knowledge and Technology);
- Transformations and Agroressources.
Two chairs are held by the Agrosciences college:
- the Agro-Machinism and New Technologies Chair, supported by AGCO, La Fondation d'Entreprise Michelin, Kuhn, Région Hauts-de-France / FEDER
- the Plant Breeding Chair, supported by the Union Française des Semenciers and the Hauts-de-France Region / ERDF.
The Collège Agrosciences also carries out studies and services, including microplot trials under controlled conditions (greenhouses and phytotrons), studies of soil compaction, crop profiles, weed and soil fauna determination, diagnosis and design of innovative cropping systems, advice on livestock nutrition, and territorial foresight.
Ongoing training courses are also available for our partners.
The tools
- 2 farms (mixed beef farming, mixed dairy farming)
- 4 Platforms (Agronomy Platform, Poultry Platform, Plant Biology Platform, Agro-Eco Platform)
- AgriLab - Collaborative innovation center for agriculture
They trust Agrosciences College
AGCO - Fondation Entreprise Michelin - Kühn - Région Hauts-de-France - Euralis - Florimond Desprez - Gautier Semences - KWS Momont - Limagrain Europe - Sakata Vegetables Europe - Secobra - Seliance - Syngenta - Unéal - SIVT - Ynsect - CA60 - AREAS - Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis - SEDE - VEOLIA