Partners & Alliances

Regional
National
International

Regional level

8 major PIA infrastructures are our partners

• Labex Agro
  #DigitAg and Labex Agro have been partners since the setting up of the #DigitAg project, notably to co-finance post-docs
• Labex Numev
  #DigitAg and the Labex Numev have been partners since the setting up of the #DigitAg project, notably to co-finance post-docs.
• Labex Entreprendre
  #DigitAg and the Labex Entreprendre have been partners since the setting up of the #DigitAg project, notably to co-finance post-docs.
• Equipex GeoSud-Theia
  #DigitAg and EquipEx Geo-Sud Theia have been partners since the project was set up #DigitAg: in the theses and master’s courses it finances, #DigitAg encourages the use of EquipEx resources (satellite images) and, in return, the production of software useful to EquipEx.
• Equipex PHENOME, BREED WHEAT, AMAIZING
  #DigitAg and the EquipEx PHENOME, and data from the PIA-Biotech BREEDWHEAT and AMAIZING projects have been partners since the setting up of the #DigitAg project: in the theses and master’s courses it finances, #DigitAg encourages the use of resources managed by Phenome (phenotypic data) and in return, the production of software useful to EquipEx.
• I-site MUSE
  #DigitAg and the iSite-MUSE have been partners since the setting up of the #DigitAg project; #DigitAg is the 1st Convergence Institute of the isite-MUSE; #DigitAg and the iSite-MUSE coordinate in particular for actions with an international dimension.
• Pôle de compétitivité Agri Sud-Ouest Innovation
  Most member institutes of #DigitAg are also members of the ASOI cluster. #DigitAg and the ASOI cluster coordinate on regional animation on digital agriculture and information relay.
• Occitanie Data
  #DigitAg supports the association Occitanie Data, which aims to build an ethical space of data economy in Occitania, all sectors combined. #DigitAg contributes to the use case “Agriculture – environment”.

© Equipex GEOSUD

National level

• ESA d’Angers
  The “Agricultural mutations” chair at ESA Angers specialises in the mutations brought about by the advent of digital technology. Some PhD students are labelled #DigitAg.
• Hervé Pillaud
  Hervé Pillaud est un agriculteur, auteur, conférencier spécialisé sur le numérique en agriculture et membre du CNNum à ce titre. Les points communs sont donc nombreux, tout autant que les échanges croisés.
• Orange lab

International level

• Agence Française de Développement
• Food Agility, Australia
  Food Agility is the Australian CRC (Common Research Center = association of universities and industrialists) led by the University of Curtin, Western Australia, which aims to encourage the digital revolution in agriculture and agri-food. #DigitAg is participating in the creation of a Consortium on digitally-facilitated on-farm experimentation, a project led by Food Agility.
• Digital Africa
  #DigitAg contributes to the Digital Africa platform, which aims to support digital development in Africa..

International academic partners, research and training centres

Africa

• AGRHYMET CRA Niger
• Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis
• Université Cheickh Anta Diop UCAD, Sénégal
• Université Alioune Diop de Bambey, Sénégal
• Université Virtuelle du Sénégal, Dakar, Sénégal
• Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès, Sénégal
• Université de Yaoundé 1, Cameroun
• ENSP, Université Yaoundé 1, Cameroun
• Institut Sénégalais de la Recherche Agricole
• USSEIN,  Université du Sine Saloum El-Hâdj Ibrahima NIASS[p2]  (partenaire formation l’Institut Agro [Montpellier SupAgro)

South & Central America

• CATIE (Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza) Costa Rica
• CIAT International center for tropical agriculture, Colombie

> See also : #DigitAg’s International Strategy