[Automatic translation follows] The Pays de la Loire region brings together 5 departments: Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée. It has 3.7 million inhabitants spread across 1,357 municipalities. It is a territory balanced between rural areas and urban areas, organized around 7 large urban areas (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Angers, Cholet, Le Mans, Laval and La-Roche-sur-Yon) and 1,108 municipalities of less than 1,000 inhabitants. Bordered by 450 km of coastline and crisscrossed by the Loire, the region has the first port on the Atlantic coast. Its economic dynamism is a real strength which allows it to have the lowest unemployment rate in …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] Let’s cultivate plant boldness! The VEGEPOLYS VALLEY competitiveness cluster, born from the merger of VEGEPOLYS and Céréales Vallée-Nutravita, brings together companies, small and large, research laboratories and training establishments on the theme of plants. FROM GENETICS TO USES The members of the cluster are present across the entire plant value chain. They innovate for plants, on plants and through plants. This public-private, multi-sector, multi-business network brings together all the expertise from upstream to downstream, including production. Faced with the challenges, VEGEPOLYS VALLEY aims to be the global plant hub for more competitive, more qualitative agriculture that respects …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] 1st business accelerator Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Nantes St-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Nantes St-Nazaire

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

[Automatic translation follows] Higher Education & research in #agronomy #environment #food Located in Angers since 1898 and today in Paris, ESA is the school of transitions: agronomic, food, environmental and digital. ESA is a higher education and research establishment of international dimension. It trains 3,200 students each year: Engineer, BTS, Bachelor, License, Master and Doctorate. #A varied offering of training courses: Around the engineering school, ESA has developed a range of around fifty training courses for young people and adults, from Bac to Bac+ 5 level, spread across 7 areas: • Plant production • Animal production • Agri-food • Viticulture …

[Automatic translation follows] INRAE, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment INRAE, the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, is a major player in research and innovation created on January 1, 2020. Finalized research institute resulting from the merger between the Inra and Irstea, INRAE ​​brings together a community of 12,000 people, with just over 200 research units and around forty experimental units located in 18 centers throughout France. The institute is positioned among the very first world leaders in agricultural and food sciences, in plant and animal sciences, and ranks 11th in the world …

Sectors: Research