ARIELLE VIDAL
Research Professor in Animal Sciences
Research department
Animal Sciences and Livestock Systems Department
Subjects taught
Livestock systems, Agro-ecology and Economics of the livestock industry
Areas of Research / Development / Consulting
Support for livestock farms in the agro-ecological transition and climate change
Responsibility
Head of the Livestock Farming of Tomorrow DA (specific area of interest)
Training
- 2019 – PhD in Functional Ecology and Agronomy Sciences – Specialization: Livestock Systems
- 2013 – Master’s Degree in Teaching and Rural Development – Specialization: Animal Sciences and Livestock Systems – Training Engineering
- 2011 – Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Geography; Urban Planning and Regional Development – Specialization in Business Management and Local Development
- 2010 – Advanced Agricultural Technician Certificate; Livestock Production
Professional experience
- 2020 – Research Professor in animal sciences for livestock farming systems, agroecology and economics of the livestock industry at PURPAN Engineering School
- 2016–2019: PhD student in animal sciences for livestock farming systems – UMR Mediterranean and tropical livestock farming systems (SELMET), CIRAD École doctorale GAIA, Montpellier Supagro
- 2014–2015: Trainer and coordinator at the Lycée agricole de la Cazotte in Saint-Affrique (CFPPA)
Publications
- Arielle Vidal; Margot Boyer; Brune Lebet; Julien Perreau; Emilien Roux; Victorine Roux; Annabelle Meynadier; 2023, La diversification dans les filières animales pour favoriser la diversité alimentaire, Innovation Agronomiques.
- Vidal A., Lurette A., Moulin C.H. and Nozières-Petit M.O., 2022, Redesigning systems production toward agro-ecological transition: is organic conversion a favorable way in a strong sociotechnical system? The case of ewe’s milk breeders in the south of France, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 46:8, 1224–1248, DOI:10.1080/21683565.2022.2106010.
- Moulin, C.-H., Etienne L., Jouven M., Lasseur J., Napoléone M., Nozières-Petit M-O., Vall E., and Vidal A. “The dynamics of agropastoral activities with regard to the agroecological transition.” In Agroecological transitions, between determinist and open-ended visions, Peter Lang, 37:225-44. EcoPolis. Brussels, 2021. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/51366/9782807618534.pdfsequence=1#page=227.
- Vall E., Sib O., Vidal A., Delma J.B., 2021, Dairy farming systems driven by the market and low-cost intensification in West Africa: the case of Burkina Faso. Tropical Animal Health and Production (submitted August 2020, accepted April 2021).
- Vidal A., Lurette A., Nozières-Petit M.O., Vall E., Moulin C.H. 2020, The emergence of agroecological practices on agropastoral dairy farms in the face of changing demand from dairies. Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment 24, 163–183.
UMR (Joint Research Unit)
LISST (Interdisciplinary Solidarity, Societies, Territories Laboratory) – Rural Dynamics