Collaboration to build a consortium to submit projet proposal on the topic 2.3.1 of the agro-food value chain

The Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (IAV Hassan II) is a government body which performs three fundamental integrated missions, namely: Training, Research and Development. It is a polytechnic center of multidisciplinary expertise, the IAV provides initial and continuing training for specialists in life and earth sciences and technologies (Engineers, Veterinary Doctors and Doctors of Agronomic Sciences). It contributes to the effort to modernize agriculture through the conduct of innovative research programs that meet the expectations and needs of a constantly evolving agricultural world.

The skills of the IAV, articulated in training specialties or departments, extend to the following major areas: Agriculture and agricultural resources; Rural development and spatial planning; Environment and natural resource management, Agro-industrial transformation; Plant, animal and microorganism biotechnologies; Veterinary public health; Services associated with agricultural production, distribution and marketing.

I am looking to join a multidisciplinary team to submit a research project proposal around biosourced and intelligent packaging. Given my experience in the field, I will be able to contribute to the production and characterization of biopolymers from abandant agricultural substrates in Morocco, which constitute a real environmental problem in order to produce biosourced packaging. The integration of natural antimicrobial substances (essential oils in particular) will also be studied on the basis of the range of wild or cultivated Moroccan plants.