« Sugar beet - A competitive innovation » is a collective work which provides the context, the results and the perspectives of the 'Investments for the Future Programme'. AKER aims to improve the competitiveness of sugar beet by 2020 by doubling the annual growth rate of its sugar yield per hectare.

Sugar beet - A competitive innovation

Cet ouvrage présente le contexte, les résultats et les perspectives du Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir français « AKER - Betterave 2020, l'innovation compétitive ». L'objectif de ce programme est d'améliorer la compétitivité de la betterave sucrière en doublant le rythme de croissance annuelle du rendement en sucre par hectare de la betterave.

La betterave sucrière - L'innovation compétitive

Sugar beet has entered the age of liberalism with the abolition of production quotas in Europe. It finds itself on the world market and on an equal footing with sugar cane.

France has benefited from the "AKER - Sugar beet 2020, a competitive innovation" Investments for the Future Programme, which aims to double the annual growth rate of the sugar yield per hectare of beet. It has made a scientific breakthrough by researching all of the genetic diversity available worldwide, and by carrying out genotyping before phenotyping. It is developing new genetic material, available for introduction into future sugar beet varieties. It also offers innovative tools and methods in the fields of genotyping and phenotyping, supporting players in the sector - beet growers and sugar manufacturers - in their imperative improvement in competitiveness.

This book is mainly intended for scientists and professionals, and all those interested in research, development and training in the plant sector. It has just completed eight years of multidisciplinary work bringing together a hundred scientists.

The AKER programme puts for a long time sugar beet in the top tier of cultivated species and helps to provide the consumer with quality sugar produced locally and under environmentally friendly conditions.

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