Our research aims at finding tools and operational methods to improve management of freshwater environments. It focuses on how hydrosystems function to identify, predict, and control the impact of both natural processes and human activity on the movement of water and solids within catchments and river systems, and on the dynamics of river ecosystems.
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The research subjects here address the challenging issues of improving water resource management, increasing the efficiency of waste management, and preventing natural disasters. They consider the overriding need for quality-engineered, safe water-retaining structures, equipment, and networks. Cemagref research provides operators in the public and private sectors with management tools for improving, repairing, renewing, and efficiently managing their systems.
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Cemagref research is aimed at obtaining reliable knowledge for integrated management of predominantly rural areas, with special emphasis on public environmental assets. It provides developers and custodians of the rural heritage with specialist knowledge, decision-making methods and tools, and assistance in drafting and implementing public policy.
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Research in agricultural and food engineering seeks to understand the technical processes used in farming and food processing and to find appropriate methods and tools to improve these processes. Using the findings of this research, Cemagref designs technical innovations and decision-making aids, conducts tests, and contributes to the drafting of new standards.
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Three scientific priorities:

  Hydrosystems and agriculture

Farming and forestry practice impacts aquatic ecosystems. The Hydrosystems and Agriculture programme brings the full intellectual resources of Cemagref and its partners to bear in seeking to establish a scientific foundation for integrated management of aquatic ecosystems.

 

The Natural Risks programme accompanies current research on natural hazards and aims to provide appropriate protection strategies. It focuses on economic and social vulnerability and makes use of economics and information science. It ties in with national and international risk prevention programmes.

 

The engineering research conducted by Cemagref makes use of and augments the common stock of scientific methods and procedures. Computer modelling, geographical information systems, and computer analysis are basic to all disciplines and are the necessary tools of all multi-disciplinary teams.

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