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The Syppre inter-institute project has pioneered the design and evaluation of innovative cropping systems. Building on this experience, it is now preparing to launch a range of services. The announcement was made by the presidents of the three institutes, co-founders of Syppre, at the Salon International de l'Agriculture on February 26.
Supported by Arvalis, Terres Inovia and the Institut Technique de la Betterave, Syppre is ten years old. It was launched to create and test cropping systems that combine economic performance, technical robustness and environmental sustainability.
What sets it apart? A crop "system" approach that combines agroecological levers integrated into innovative strategies, compared with control systems and tested under real conditions, on five platforms (Berry, Picardy, Lauragais, Champagne, Bearn).
Syppre in brief
- 5 regions
- 3 components: experimental platforms, practice observatories and farmer networks
- 225 data collected per campaign and per site
- 10 major indicators (IFT, nitrogen, GHG, energy, margins, etc.)
Multi-performance can be adapted to local conditions
After ten years of experimentation, the Syppre inter-institute project has shown that it is possible to reduce inputs, reduce environmental impact and maintain or even improve certain economic performances. " 15 years ago, our three institutes were pioneers in devising this system. Today, Syppre has demonstrated that multi-performance is achievable if it is adapted to local constraints, because there is no single model," asserts Jean-Marc Schwartz, President of Arvalis.
The Syppre method? Diversification of systems, introduction of simplified tillage methods, inclusion of legumes and intercropping... the platforms were able to test different practices to guide producers' choices. " With Syppre, we have given ourselves the means to test, evaluate and improve innovative strategies that respond to farmers' problems. These strategies are complex and lead to variable results, which reinforced our belief in the need to set up support tools to deploy these innovative strategies ", adds Afsaneh Lellahi, Deputy Director of Terres Inovia.
A new, unprecedented service offering common to all three institutes
On the strength of ten years of experimentation, Terres Inovia, Arvalis and ITB wish to support the transition to profitable, robust and sustainable agriculture on a large scale. For the first time, the three institutes are preparing to launch a joint technical support service with Syppre to :
- provide diagnostic training, helping field teams to develop their skills in global approaches
- Deploy strategic and tactical steering tools to understand and monitor progress trajectories, in order to manage the campaign and reflect on system evolution.
- Enhance the value of efforts by assessing the multi-performance of farms, drawing up specifications adapted to downstream expectations, and providing financial and technical support.
" This range of services will enable us to support farms in the construction of specifications adapted to downstream expectations, while at the same time being of benefit to producers. Starting this year, this support will be initiated within the framework of current projects ", explains Laurent Rosso, Managing Director of Terres Inovia.
Our DNA is to bring operational solutions to farmers, so this collaboration was an obvious way of working on a system-wide scale. It's the start of a long story.