Cemagref

CEMAGREF is a French environmental science and technology research organization. It is a public establishment reporting to the Ministries of Research and of Agriculture, and conducts environmental research on a territory scale. It is action-oriented, and centres on three major societal challenges: sustainable management of watercourses and territor... ies, natural risks, and environmental quality. CEMAGREF has an annual budget of 115 million euros, of which 31% are drawn from contractual resources, and a staff of 1600, including 950 scientists, split between nine centres in France and 25 research units. It is fully integrated into the French and European research system, and works in support of public policy and in partnership with industrialists (130 research contracts). It is involved in some ten competitiveness clusters. In 2006 and 2011, CEMAGREF was awarded the Carnot label for its activities as a whole.Read More