10^th International Conference
Integrated Management of Natural Resources & Sustainable Agriculture
“GIRNAD 2025”
November 5, 6, 7 – 2025

The degradation of natural resources, driven by profound socio-economic, geopolitical, and institutional upheavals, challenges the foundations of sustainable development. In a world marked by geopolitical instability, macroeconomic disruptions, and environmental pressures, rethinking development models has become a strategic imperative.

Natural resource governance has emerged as a key driver of sustainable development. It shapes the sustainability of growth trajectories and reflects our collective ability to ensure equitable wealth distribution, preserve ecological balances, and strengthen territorial resilience. Optimal governance extends beyond technical resource management; it is grounded in principles of environmental justice, inclusive participation, and transparency in decision-making.

Public policies continue to struggle with effectively reconciling economic efficiency, social equity, and ecological integrity. This challenge is further exacerbated by structural disruptions: climate change, biodiversity loss, soil degradation, water and land scarcity, and inadequate financing mechanisms. These vulnerabilities are particularly acute in regions where agriculture plays a central economic and social role.

The agricultural sector faces major challenges including low productivity, limited added value, and weak infrastructure for management and marketing. Insufficient support services, inappropriate technology transfer models, and incoherent policies undermine its resilience and sustainability. These shortcomings compromise the sector's capacity to feed growing populations and adapt to major changes.

Innovation in both theoretical frameworks and practical strategies is imperative, toward greater integration across various components of socio-economic systems at different scales. Approaches such as agroecology, circular economy, and social and solidarity economy combined with strategies for sustainable management of soil, water, biodiversity, and energy offer promising pathways forward. Establishing multi-level governance mechanisms that coordinate the efforts of all stakeholders is prerequisite for building shared ecological sovereignty.

Strengthening intersectoral synergies, institutionalizing citizen participation, and ensuring intergenerational justice in resource allocation and protection are fundamental pillars of sustainable agricultural and territorial models. Only under these conditions can we foster the emergence of forward-looking agriculture based on equitable and optimized management of natural capital capable of addressing the climatic, demographic, and socio-economic challenges of our century.

The GIRNAD 2025 International Conference is conceived as a forum for exchange, scientific reflection, experience sharing, and showcasing innovative initiatives. Its aim is to enrich the debate on agroecological and energy transitions and to promote the design of inclusive and sustainable development models that can meet the major challenges of the 21st century in service of food security and well-being.

Conference Themes

• 1. Public Policy and Governance
  • Food security and agroecological transition
  • Resilience of agricultural production systems
  • Crop, livestock, and pastoral systems
• 2. Environment and Climate
  • Climate change and adaptation strategies
  • Economic valuation of ecosystem services
  • Natural resource governance
• 3. Sustainable Development
  • Green economy, circular economy, blue economy, and social and solidarity economy
  • Energy transition and green jobs
  • Territorial and rural development
  • Value chains and market access
• 4. Applied Microeconomics for Sustainable Development
  • Behavior analysis of producers and consumers
  • Economic incentives and innovation adoption
  • Agricultural markets, information asymmetries, and contractual arrangements
  • Economic and biophysical modeling
• 5. Innovation, Technology, and Research
  • Models for agricultural innovation transfer and scaling
  • Digital agriculture, artificial intelligence
  • Education and research for sustainable development