Agropolis International Association

The Association Agropolis International was founded in Montpellier 24 January 1986 by the research and higher education institutes located in Montpellier and the Languedoc-Roussillon area working in the field of agriculture, food, biodiversity and environment, with the support of the government and local authorities.

This platform is open to the development of the Mediterranean and Southern countries; it also gathers a large range of stakeholders and partners of the economic development and from the civil society.
In 2016, the Association Agropolis International celebrated its 30th anniversary.

5 main missions

• Facilitating access to the skills and ressources of the scientific community
• Providing a platform for building and coordinating new international partnerships
• Being at the interface between the stakeholders of the economic development and innovation issues
• Supporting the dialogue between science and society
• Providing a place for exchanges and the reception of partners, a common house for the regional scientific community involved in agriculture – food – biodiversity – environment issues.

Services and tools

•     Promoting the skills of the scientific community (portals, thematic directories …)
•     Providing services for the organization of national and international events
•     Supporting interinstitutional and common projects (management, coordination…)
•     Supporting the activities of member institutions (service for the reception of delegations, assistance to visiting scientists, management of specific projects…)
•     Accompanying the stakeholders involved in innovation issues and the economic development in their international activities.