Quelle science pour les élevages de demain ? Une réflexion prospective conduite à l’INRA

The ambition of the foresight on livestockfarming was to rethink the place, the roles of livestockand how it should be transformed to fully contribute to the development of more sustainable agri- food systems. It was also to identify cross-disciplinary research themes that explore promising fronts of science or methodologies to solve knowledge locks. The foresight was managed by a group of 15 researchers and mobilized a hundred researchers. Based on an analysis of the context and the drivers for the evolution of the systems, we propose a new conceptual framework to think about innovations. Livestockfarming must be part of circular agri- food systemsin which it must contribute, beyond an increased efficiency of production factors, to the preservation of the quality of the resources and to the production of a food at an affordable price. Systemsneed to be rethought to be climate-smart and to respond to the health and welfare challenges of animals and people, rethink the linkages between livestock, crop production and territories to maximize recycling and rethink livestocklinkages, processing and consumption of livestock products. Innovationsshould be based on the principles of agro-ecology supplemented by those of the circular economyand mobilizing levers of (bio) technologies and organizational innovation. The text describes 4 major scientific prioritieswith their research issues and produces recommendations for an action plan.