We are delighted to share an excellent article published on Innovations.fr, titled “InVivo Reinventing Sustainable Agriculture”. It highlights Openfield 2025, the event co-organized by Fermes Leader and Agrosolutions, which annually brings together agricultural innovation stakeholders around a common objective: to accelerate the agroecological transition through evidence.
Openfield, an Open-Air Laboratory for Sustainable Agriculture
Organized by Fermes Leader and Agrosolutions, Openfield is a unique experimental platform of 13 hectares located in Essonne. It enables the testing, comparison, and evaluation of various agroecological practices under real conditions: input reduction, crop diversification, carbon optimization, and the adoption of innovative AgriTech solutions.
The Innovations.fr article highlights Openfield’s purpose: to produce concrete and quantifiable data to provide objective data on the benefits, costs, and limits of the agroecological transition — an essential step to build viable and sustainable agricultural models.
Measure to Better Transform
Among the points highlighted by Innovation.fr:
A measurable reduction in CO₂ emissions through certain practices.
Transition costs estimated between €150 and €300/ha, to better understand the economic levers.
A partnership approach that brings together farmers, industrialists, and research stakeholders.
These elements illustrate Openfield’s philosophy: to measure, share, and co-build the transition rather than decreeing it.
Concrete Innovations Serving Farmers
In the field, several partners and startups present their technologies: mechanical weeding solutions, decision-making tools, seed innovations, or connected sensors.
The article specifically mentions Cyclair, with its autonomous weeding robots, as well as the fruitful exchanges between stakeholders in the agri-food sectors and cooperatives.
This diversity of approaches makes Openfield a true catalyst for agricultural innovation, where each stakeholder can confront theory with field reality.
An Agroecological Transition Based on Evidence
The article concludes by highlighting the reach of Openfield: demonstrating that a realistic and measurable agroecological transition is possible, provided it relies on cooperation, transparency of results, and the sharing of experiences.
It is in this spirit that Fermes Leader and Agrosolutions continue their commitment: to make tomorrow’s agriculture a high-performing, resilient, and sustainable model, serving farmers and regions.
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