dicoAE stakeholders
Launched in 2015 by INRAE, the Dictionary of Agroecology is run by an editorial committee composed of two editors-in-chief, an editorial coordinator and a group of editors belonging to organisations involved in the dissemination and transfer of knowledge in the agricultural world : ACTA, ENVT, Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, INRAE, PURPAN.
The diversity of the associated organisations aims to broaden the possible contexts and meanings of agroecology through agricultural practices and the food and non-food systems associated with them.
Our editorial board
Marie-Benoît Magrini
Research Engineer in Economics, INRAE Toulouse, UMR AGIR, Editor-in-Chief
Simon Giuliano
Research professor in agronomy, PURPAN, INRAE Toulouse, UMR AGIR, Editor-in-Chief
Valérie Pagneux
INRAE, DipSO, ACDC, Editorial manager
Christine Feuillet-Coudray
Director of Research in Human Nutrition, INRAE Montpellier, UMR DMEM, Editorial board member
Hélène Gross
Biodiversity and agroecology project manager – Head of the Impact and Open Innovation division at ACTA, Editorial board member
Alain Ducos
Professor in animal genetics, National Veterinary School of Toulouse (ENVT), INRAE Toulouse, UMR GenPhySE, Editorial board member
Alain Gaume
Member of the Agroscope Executive Board, headed the ‘Plant Protection’ Strategic Research Division, Editorial board member
Kim Schneider
Agroecology and Fodder Production/Conservation Project Manager at AGRIDEA, Editorial board member
Claire Durox
Facilitator with the Réso’them collective, focusing on energy and climate issues, MAASA-DGER, Editorial board member
Marion Lhôte
Deputy Director of the Office of Agricultural Development and Innovation Partnerships, MAASA, Editorial board member
Flore Vandier
Project Manager for Biodiversity, Organic Farming, and Agroecology, Editorial board member
Catherine Darrot
Research Fellow in sociology, Rennes-Angers agro institute, Editorial board member
The DICOAE editorial board has also benefited in the past from the valuable contributions of Nathalie Couix, Jean-Pierre Sarthou, Laurent Hazard, Jean-Pierre Theau, Michel Duru, Anne Jacquin, Edith Le Cadre-Barthelemy.
Our authors
The dictionary of agroecology associates a diversity of authors in the writing of definitions. More than 170 authors are mobilized for the dictionary. A wide range of disciplines from the biotechnical sciences and the humanities and social sciences are represented: agronomy, zootechnics, ecology, biology, sociology, economics, geography, management sciences, etc. In the same way, the diversity of generational affiliation and the institutional and professional attachment of the authors represents a source of plurality of approaches, styles and points of view from which the dictionary benefits. Each definition is written, according to precise specifications, by one or more scientific experts, sometimes accompanied by professional partners and actors from the agricultural world, such as the National Botanical Conservatory, the Scientific Interest Groups (GIS), the Regional Nature Parks, the Chambers of Agriculture, the Agricultural Technical Institutes, etc., as well as students from schools of higher education in agrobiosciences.
Our partners
ENSAT
The École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT) which integrates in the training curriculum of the 3rd year of the AGREST specialization “AGRoEcology of the Production System to the Territory”, the co-writing of definitions with INRAE scientists, teacher-researchers of the INP-Toulouse or of other research and teaching organizations
Purpan
The PURPAN School of Engineering, which integrates into the curriculum of 5th year students the co-writing of definitions with INRAE scientists, teacher-researchers from INP-Toulouse or other research and teaching organizations.
ENSAV
The National School of Audiovisual of Toulouse (ENSAV) which realizes through internships of students in University Diploma of Research and Creation in Audiovisual (DURCA) the videos associated with the written definitions of the dictionary.
AGRIDEA
AGRIDEA is the independent advisory center for Switzerland’s agricultural and food sector. As a key player in the agricultural innovation and knowledge system, AGRIDEA connects experts from advisory services, education, research, administration, and practice. As a partner of the dicoAE, AGRIDEA supports the editorial team in translating definitions into German and contributes to promoting the dictionary in Switzerland.
Agroscope
Agroscope is the Swiss Centre of Excellence for Agricultural Research, and is affiliated with the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG). Agroscope makes an important contribution to a sustainable agriculture
and food sector as well as to an intact environment, thereby contributing to an improved quality of life.
Our supporters
INRAE through the scientists of the research units who write the written definitions of the terms of the dictionary and accompany the realization of the videos: Joint Research Units AGIR, DYNAFOR, GenPhyse and other research units outside Toulouse.
The direction for the Open Science (DipSO – INRAE) by the support of the ACDC pole for the editorial management and by the support of the Num4Sci pole for the construction of vocabulary and the creation and maintenance of the web support.
The agro-ecology dictionary receives financial support for research and development projects. To date, it has mainly received financial support from the Occitanie Region (INRAE-PSDR4 2015-2019 research project – ATA-RI “Accompaniment of Agroecological Transformations – Research Intervention”.
