The FARM Foundation, catalyst for reflections on the transformation of agriculture
With the support of its partners, FARM mobilizes energies and know-how in favor of agricultural transitions.
Activity report
2024
For nearly 20 years, the FARM Foundation – with the support of its partners – has been committed to sustainable and resilient agriculture in the face of climatic, economic and social challenges. The year 2024 was a year of highlights which have marked the collective dynamics of our network.
2023
The year 2022 was the year of relaunch for the FARM Foundation. 2023 will have been the year of consolidation of its trajectory.
Our beliefs
The farmers are key players in ensuring food security and prosperity in rural areas
Processing and service companies farmers participate in the creation of value and jobs throughout the economy
The organization of the sectors with a fair sharing of value must allow producers to generate sufficient income to invest
Innovation from research, startups, local experiences, etc., is essential to meet the challenges of agricultural development
Our objectives
Increase resilience agriculture facing shocks climatic, health, security and economic, in order to ensure farmers have sufficient and regular income to enable their development
Contribute to the organization of sustainable agricultural and agri-food producers and sectors to facilitate farmers' access to markets – local, regional, national or international – and to strengthen their capacity to meet food demand in quantity and quality
Promoting public/private partnerships which enable stakeholders in the sectors, producers, processors and distributors, to reduce their environmental impact and generate profitable environmental services
Help develop economic models which consolidate activities and employment in rural areas
Our action themes
The sectors, from producers to markets
Food and nutrition security
The resilience of rural areas
Our means of intervention
The development and financing of reference studies
Events in the form of webinars, seminars and conferences
The promotion of publications and works (studies, articles)
Contribution to pilot projects or development projects
Governance
Board of Directors
College of Founders
- Crédit Agricole SA – Pascal LHEUREUX – President of FARM, farmer, President of the Crédit Agricole Normandie Seine Regional Bank
- French Development Agency – Matthieu LE GRIX – Secretary of FARM, Head of the agriculture, rural development and biodiversity division at AFD
College of Friends of the Foundation
- CIRAD – Nadine ZAKHIA-ROZIS – Scientific Advisor to the President
- Avril Foundation – Guillaume CHARTIER - President
- Initiatives Group – Elphège GHESTEM-ZAHIR – Administrator
Qualified individuals
- Frédéric APOLLIN – Deputy Director General of Agronomists and Veterinarians Without Borders (AVSF)
- Marc DEBETS – Treasurer of FARM, President of APEXAGRI
- Pascal DESAMAIS – Director General of the Rhône-Alpes Higher Institute of Agriculture (ISARA)
- Michel EDDI – Vice President of FARM, former President and CEO of CIRAD and project manager for ecological transition at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR)
- Catherine FAIVRE-PIERRET – Administrator of the National Federation of Farmers' Unions (FNSEA) and French Farmers for International Development (AFDI)
- Kako NUBUKPO – Economist
- Yves PELLE – Consultant
Government Commissioner
- Françoise SIMON – Deputy Director for International Affairs, Europe and International Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
Guests
- Christian HUYGHE – Chairman of the Scientific Council of FARM, former scientific director of agriculture at INRAE, France
- Anne PACQUET – Vice-president of the Scientific Council
- Julie DE LA PALME – Group Communications Director – Crédit Agricole SA
Scientific Council
- Christian HUYGHE – Chairman of the Scientific Council of FARM, former scientific director of agriculture at INRAE, France
- Anne PACQUET – Vice-President of the Scientific Council of FARM, France
- Catherine ARAUJO-BONJEAN – CNRS-CERDI Researcher, France
- Tanguy BERNARD – Professor at the University of Bordeaux, Researcher at GRETHA, France
- Astou Diao CAMARA, Sociologist and director of BAME (Bureau d'Analyses Macronomiques), Senegal
- Jean Luc FRANCOIS – Former head of the agriculture, development and biodiversity division of the French Development Agency, France
- Alessia LEFEBURE – Sociologist, director of Sciences Po Aix, associate researcher at the CSO (CNRS-Sciences Po), France
- Gabriela LITRE – Geographer, University of Brasilia and Montpellier, Brazil – France
- Fatima Ezzahra MENGOUB – Economist in charge of agricultural issues at the OCP Foundation, Morocco
- Gifty NARH – Co-founder of the CORADE Agency (Consulting, action research and expertise development), Burkina Faso
- Tania SOLLOGOUB – Head of Emerging Countries Coordination and Geopolitical Risk Analysis, Crédit Agricole SA, France
- Fabien TONDEL – Independent economist and expert on public policy processes (agriculture, EU-Africa relations, etc.), Netherlands
- Kaleab Baye YIMAM – Associate Professor at the Center for Food and Nutrition Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
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