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Since the creation of Agrilife Studio, we've traveled the roads and fields to meet the players in the agri/agro ecosystem: farmers, cooperatives, laboratories, competitiveness clusters, schools... In the field, at trade shows, we've increased our exchanges to better understand the challenges and opportunities facing agriculture today.
Thanks to these meetings, we have identified the four priority impact levers we wish to address to promote the sustainability of agriculture and contribute to its necessary transition.
Recent health and geopolitical crises have highlighted the vulnerability of nations dependent on imports for their food supplies. Food security and sovereignty have become strategic issues to guarantee countries' autonomy in the face of global hazards.
At the same time, demographic growth poses an immense challenge: how to feed a world population that could reach 10 billion by 2050? In France, more than half of all farmers will retire in the next ten years, with no young entrepreneurs ready to take up the torch. This lack of succession is due to the negative perception of the farming profession: hard work, low pay and agri-bashing have tarnished the image of this essential profession.
At Agrilife Studio, we see it as our mission to intervene and innovate in response to these crucial issues. We need to explore solutions that encourage the next generation of farmers and strengthen food self-sufficiency.
Agriculture must reinvent itself to meet new societal expectations: local production, organic farming, reduction of pesticides and inputs, improvement of nutritional qualities, etc. But this transition is not without challenges. Agriculture is a science of the long term: each change in agricultural practices can have positive or negative effects on crops and their yields.
There is an urgent need to innovate by developing biocontrol solutions, biostimulation and alternatives to traditional chemical products. Agriculture is one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, due in particular to methane emissions from ruminants and the use of fertilizers and pesticides.
Environmental impacts are also significant: eutrophication of waterways caused by excessive levels of nitrogen, for example, is a major problem.
The evolution of eating habits has always been a factor in the transformation of agriculture. From hunter-gatherer to sedentary producer, man has continually adapted his agricultural practices to his dietary needs.
Today, a twofold demand is emerging: to eat healthily, to preserve our health, and sustainably, to minimize our environmental and social impact. Consumers are increasingly sensitive to these issues, and the agri-food sector must adapt to this growing demand for transparency and responsibility.
Industries depend on agriculture for the supply of raw materials, but are now under pressure to reduce their carbon footprint and adopt more sustainable practices. The textile sector, for example, is exploring alternatives such as vegan leather and organic fibers to reduce the use of pesticides and chemical inputs in the production of cotton, silk and other raw materials.
The same applies to sectors such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, energy and packaging, which are looking for bio-based solutions to reinvent their production chains and minimize their environmental impact.
At Agrilife Studio, we see these challenges as opportunities for agricultural innovation. We believe in agriculture's ability to provide sustainable alternatives to industry, and thus contribute to the transition to a more planet-friendly future.
These four levers - food security and sovereignty, sustainable agricultural transition, healthy and sustainable food, and biobased industries - are at the heart of Agrilife Studio's mission. They will guide our teams in their quest for solutions to questions that remain without clear answers today. We are convinced that tomorrow's agriculture must be sustainable, resilient, and at the service of mankind and the planet.
These topics will be explored in upcoming articles, so stay tuned!
Do you want to participate in the launch of the first impact start-up studio dedicated to AgriTech and identify with us the start-ups and projects that will meet the challenges of tomorrow's agriculture? This is where it happens!
We are currently recruiting for two positions: Market Analyst & Finance Intern And Market Analyst & Finance
Don't hesitate to seize these two incredible opportunities.
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The SATT, Technology Transfer Acceleration Company, has the mission of facilitating and developing the transfer of innovations resulting from academic research.
SATT Paris-Saclay is part of the network of 13 French SATTs created under the “Investissements d'Avenir” program and now an integral part of France2030. With an investment capacity of €79 million over 10 years, this represents a maturation fund that is unique in France. It gives priority to 5 scientific fields and targets 5 growth markets.
For innovations targeting the agricultural market, SATT Paris Saclay, chaired by Xavier Apolinarski, has signed a partnership with Agrilife Studio to study the possibility of creating startups for projects at the end of the pre-maturation program. 3 maturation projects are currently being analyzed by AgriLife Studio teams.
AgriLife Studio has taken up residence at the “PlayGround Stop and Go” on the Paris Saclay plateau, alongside French Tech, SATT Paris Saclay and IncubAlliance.
This location is strategic because it puts us at the heart of the innovation ecosystem, alongside AgroParisTech Innovation, with whom the AgriLife Studio teams work in close collaboration on an ongoing basis. It's also an opportunity for our entrepreneurs-in-residence to have easier access to equipment and technological platforms.
But our ambition is also to be present in the regions. We are already working with cooperatives, technical centers and competitiveness clusters throughout France.
Inrae , the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment brings together 18 research centers and 14 scientific departments around multidisciplinary research communities in France.
AgriLife Studio has partnered with INRAE as part of their calls for projects: START & GROW, launched in September 2022 and INNOTECH which will be launched in early 2023.
The Start & Grow program aims to identify researchers who have an innovation that could be the subject of the creation of a startup. AgriLife Studio, alongside INRAE, will support them in their reflection stages to identify the existence of a market and a viable economic model.
As part of the InnoTech program, our entrepreneurs will be able to report needs to INRAE research laboratories so that researchers can propose innovations currently under development. A real winning partnership that promotes French research by creating startups with an international vocation, which meet a real market need identified by the AgriLife Studio teams.
AgroParisTech is both a major school of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, a component of the University of Paris-Saclay and a national institute of life sciences and industries and the environment.
Research is indeed one of the main missions of AgroParisTech. A source of innovation, it produces scientific and technical knowledge, it feeds the training of the establishment, it nourishes the science-society dialogue.
AgriLife Studio has partnered with AgroParisTech to identify the best innovations and the best talents that will be the successful impact companies of tomorrow, whether in the field of agroecology, biotech, healthy and sustainable food or even bio-sourced ingredients.
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