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07 September 2026

By: A. Souiry / B. Kurek / G. Paës

Talk by FARE at the 2026 edition of the Chalons-en-Champagne Fair

Imagining agriculture in 2050: simulating scenarios to inform tomorrow’s decisions
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07 September 2026

By: G. Paës

Carnot 3BCAR : FARE in the 2025 activity report

The Carnot 3BCAR annual report highlights its members’ expertise through projects, publications, patents, service offerings and networks. Our laboratory is once again well represented in this report.
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24 August 2026

By: G. Paës

FARE dans le rapport Recherche & Innovation 2026 de Transform

Le rapport Recherches & Innovations 2026 est un recueil des résultats représentatifs des thématiques et des travaux du département Transform d'INRAE.
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01 July 2026

By: S. Abdellaoui

FARE's Participation in the 29th Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergy in Bari, Italy

FARE’s participation in the 29th Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergy organized by the Bioelectrochemical Society (BES) . This international event, attended by more than 260 people, took place from June 21 to 25, 2026, in Bari, Italy.
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02 September 2026

By: L. Besaury

Lignocellulose-Powered Bioelectrochemical Systems: Advancing Sustainable Biomass Valorization

Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant renewable carbon resource on Earth. Its integration into microbial electrochemical technologies offers promising opportunities for the sustainable production of electricity, hydrogen and value-added biochemicals within a circular bioeconomy framework.
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07 May 2026

By: C. Rémond / E. Jolly

Novel multi-enzymatic cascade for the conversion of salicin from plant extract into salicylic acid

Novel multi-enzymatic cascade for the conversion of salicin from plant extract into salicylic acid
Dispositif expérimental pour limiter les pluies au Zimbabwé
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07 May 2026

By: A. Bouhenache / G. Lashermes

Using rainfall exclusion systems to simulate crop responses to drought

In this research highlight paper published in the “Tools of the Trade” section of Nature Reviews Earth & Environment journal, Abderrahim Bouhenache describes the use of a field-scale rainfall exclusion system, as part of his PhD research at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, within the FARE (URCA–INRAE) and AIDA (CIRAD) research units, in order to quantify the response of crops to changes in water availability under real-world conditions in Africa.
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17 March 2026

By: G. Paës

Steam-exploded treated wood: factors influencing saccharification efficiency

Lignocellulosic biomass is highly recalcitrant to enzymatic processes and requires a pretreatment step to overcome it. To understand the role of lignocellulose polymers organization on recalcitrance, characterization at different scales is critical, preferentially by employing non-degradative techniques which maintain sample physical integrity.
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23 February 2026

By: G. Paës

PhD defense of Solmaz HOSSEIN KHANI

Solmaz defended her PhD thesis on 19 February, entitled "Spatio-temporal Analysis and Modelling of Lignocellulosic Biomass Enzymatic Deconstruction".
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20 February 2026

By: G. Paës

We are recruiting for an administrative and financial manager position.

The recruitment competition campaign (civil service) for engineers, executives, technicians and managers is officially open at INRAE!
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03 February 2026

By: C. Rémond

Multi-step biocatalytic strategy to produce a library of original xylosides with various ester functions for cosmetic applications

Xylosides harboring a D-xylose linked to an aglycone moiety display anti-aging properties of interest for cosmetics. A biocatalytic strategy was developed by FARE and ICMR to prepare a serie of β-xylopyranosides with one or two ester functions using a multistep enzymatic transformation from xylans.
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12 January 2026

By: S. Hossein Khani / G. Paës

Plant cell wall enzymatic hydrolysis: Predicting hydrolysis yield dynamics

Transformation of lignocellulosic biomass into biobased products, as a sustainable alternative for petroleum-based products, has the potential to mitigate climate change. The enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars is a key step in the biotechnological conversion pathway, but its efficiency is hindered by the natural resistance of the plant cell wall to deconstruction, known as recalcitrance. Predicting cell wall-derived sugar conversion yield during enzymatic hydrolysis is challenging due to the complex underlying mechanisms and the labor-intensive nature of the process.
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18 December 2025

By: E. Fuzellier / G. Paës

A two-step biocatalytic process to extract and to acylate anthocyanins

In the framework of the ColorAnth project associating 3 research units, FARE Reims, LBE Narbonne and SQPOV Avignon, we explored the development of an innovative biocatalytic approach for the extraction of polyphenols and anthocyanins from distillery pomace.
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28 November 2025

By: P. Thiébeau / H. Clivot

FARE present at the 17th COMIFER-GEMAS conference in Metz

The 17th conference on sustainable fertilization and analysis took place on 25 and 26 November in Metz. It welcomed 240 delegates, who presented their recent work on plant nutrition, soil fertility, technical references, regulations, and good agricultural practices.
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09 October 2025

By: SA

FARE celebrates science!

Fare participated in the 2025 edition of the Science Festival.
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16 September 2025

By: A. Bouhenache / P. Thiébeau

Intra-seasonal rainfall patterns and extremes drive maize productivity and nitrogen use in sub-humid Zimbabwe

Background and purpose: Increasing intra-seasonal rainfall variability poses a major challenge to the sustainable intensification of rainfed maize systems in sub-Saharan Africa. This study investigates how intra-seasonal rainfall patterns and extreme dry and wet events affect maize productivity and nitrogen (N) use, particularly under crop residue mulching—a practice widely promoted to improve soil water and N availability.
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04 September 2025

By: C. Ivaldi

Difference in behaviour between two bacteria during lignin bioconversion

Phenolic compounds fingerprints show distinct ligninolytic bacteria behaviours during technical lignins conversion
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16 July 2025

By: G. Paës

FARE at the international "Plant Cell Wall Biology" conference

Solmaz, Yassin and Gabriel took an active part in the largest conference dedicated to the study of plant walls, which was held in Vancouver, Canada, from 6 to 10 July 2025.
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04 June 2025

By: LB

A Metabolomic Study Highlights Fungal Adaptation and (R)-Mellein Production

Neofusicoccum parvum Produces Specific Metabolites in Response to Grapevine Wood, Revealing Key Pathogenicity Mechanisms
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26 May 2025

By: G. Paës

FARE in a France-NZ cooperation report

2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the Partenariat Hubert Curien - Catalyst seeding “Dumont d’Urville”. The partnership was set up under a bilateral agreement for an initial period of five years, extended in 2010 for an unlimited period.
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19 May 2025

By: G. Lashermes

A new dataset is available on soil decomposition of more than 700 organic residual products

As part of an inter-lab project coordinated by the FARE lab, incubation data of more than 700 organic residual products under controlled conditions have been collected, organized and shared on the French multidisciplinary repository Recherche Data Gouv
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