26 September 2019 - The Académie d'Agriculture awards the Dufrenoy silver medal to Laurent Bleuze

26 September 2019 - The Académie d'Agriculture awards the Dufrenoy silver medal to Laurent Bleuze

During a solemn session, the Académie d'Agriculture de France presented its prizes and medals. Laurent Bleuze received the Dufrenoy silver medal for his doctoral thesis from Reims University and carried out at FARE laboratory.

The silver medal is awarded to a thesis of high quality, the analysis of which is published on the website of the Académie d'Agriculture de France. In the context of the increasing use of fibres derived from plants such as hemp, particularly in the use of materials, Laurent Bleuze's PhD thesis focused on a better knowledge of the physical, chemical and biological processes of hemp retting on the surface of the soil and their modelling. The objective is to provide, in the long term, indicators of the progress of this natural pre-treatment by retting for farmers and industrialists in the sector.

This work was funded by INRA (Environment and Agronomy Division) and the Grand-Reims Authority.

Read: Sixteen scientists from INRA receive an award from the Académie d’Agriculture and the report Research and Innovation 2019 - For Food & Bioproducts

Contact: Dr Sylvie Recous, sylvie.recous@inra.fr
                Dr Brigitte Chabbert, brigitte.chabbert@inra.fr
                Dr Gwenaëlle Lashermes, gwenaelle.lashermes@inra.fr

Modification date : 06 June 2023 | Publication date : 26 September 2019 | Redactor : S. Recous / B. Chabbert / G. Lashermes / G. Paës