Agrimonde is a joint initiative launched in early 2006 by INRA and CIRAD to contribute to international debate on food, agricultural and environmental issues in a unique and structured fashion, and prepare the ground for future directions in research.

The Agrimonde foresight platform is unique in combining quantitative and qualitative analyses within the framework of an interactive and iterative process.

• Quantitative analyses rely on Agribiom, a specially-developed tool. With Agribiom, food biomass production and its food and non-food uses can be evaluated for a country, a group of countries, or the entire planet. Production, uses and exchanges are expressed using a single unit, the kilocalorie.
• Qualitative analyses are made possible by a specific structure comprising a project team, a working group, and a committee of experts consulted for advice.

 Agrimonde's objectives were:

• to design the modalities of strategic reflection based on a foresight approach, with the aim of illuminating research orientations in the fields of agriculture and food, in the broad sense of the term;
• to initiate the process of debates and interactions on these topics, and their appropriation, on a national scale;
• to promote the participation of French experts in international debates on the subject.