1 project
Contributed to IoF2020, the large-scale pilot deploying Internet of Things across European food and farm chains.
Organization
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES SCIENCES AGRONOMIQUES DE BORDEAUX AQUITAINE
French agricultural engineering school contributing expertise on livestock husbandry, food quality assessment, and smart farming to large EU agri-food consortia.
University research groupfoodFRThin data (2/5)
H2020 projects
3
As coordinator
0
Total EC funding
—
Unique partners
139
What they do
Their core work
Bordeaux Sciences Agro is a French grande école that trains agricultural engineers and conducts applied research at the intersection of farming, food systems, and digital technology. Their work spans precision agriculture, livestock husbandry practices, and food quality assessment — translating scientific methods into practical tools for farmers and food producers. In H2020 they contributed domain expertise to consortia applying IoT, AI, and multi-criteria evaluation to real agricultural problems, rather than leading projects themselves.
Core expertise
What they specialise in
Food quality and authentication (meat, dairy)primary
1 project
Active in INTAQT, developing multi-criteria assessment tools for chicken, beef, and dairy products covering safety, nutrition, and sensory features.
Livestock husbandry systems (intensive/extensive)secondary
1 project
INTAQT explicitly compares husbandry practices and their effect on product quality.
AI and edge computing for agri-food applicationsemerging
1 project
Third-party contribution to ANDANTE, which develops AI for new devices and edge technologies.
Data-driven and precision farmingsecondary
1 project
IoF2020 work on precision farming, food security, and data-driven food chain integration.
Evolution & trajectory
How they've shifted over time
Early focus
Smart farming and IoT
Recent focus
Meat and dairy quality assessment
They are moving downstream from farm-level digitalisation toward product-level quality, authenticity, and husbandry evaluation — useful for consortia working on food labelling, traceability, or animal-product standards.
Collaboration profile
How they like to work
Role: third_party_expertReach: European19 countries collaborated
Across three H2020 projects they appear exclusively as a third party, meaning they contribute specialist expertise to teams led by others rather than coordinating or formally signing as a beneficiary. Despite this modest footprint they have touched very large consortia — 139 partners across 19 countries — which reflects participation in flagship agri-food pilots like IoF2020. Partners can expect a focused technical contribution from them, not consortium leadership.
Connected to 139 unique partners across 19 countries, driven largely by participation in large flagship consortia. Geographic centre of gravity is European, with France as the anchor.
Why partner with them
What sets them apart
Among French agricultural grandes écoles, Bordeaux Sciences Agro stands out for pairing classical agronomy and livestock expertise with engagement in digital agri-food initiatives. They are a good partner when a consortium needs credible academic input on husbandry systems, meat and dairy quality, or the on-farm realities of deploying IoT — rather than when you need a project coordinator. Their third-party profile suggests they are frequently called in for specific scientific input within broader teams.
Notable projects
Highlights from their portfolio
- IoF2020One of the flagship H2020 large-scale pilots connecting IoT across the European food and farm chain — a reference project for smart agriculture.
- INTAQTOngoing project tackling the politically sensitive issue of assessing and authenticating quality of meat and dairy products from different husbandry systems.
- ANDANTEUnusual footprint outside agriculture — contributing to AI and edge-device research, hinting at cross-over capability.
Cross-sector capabilities
digitalenvironmentmultidisciplinary
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