ARVALIS INSTITUT DU VEGETAL

What ARVALIS INSTITUT DU VEGETAL does

ARVALIS Institut du Végétal is a French non-profit agricultural technical institute dedicated to applied research on arable crops (grandes cultures). It is described as the premier European R&D institute for arable crops, covering seven major crops: cereals (céréales à paille), maize, sorghum, forages, potatoes, fiber flax, and cover crops. The institute operates across all 12 metropolitan French regions through regional offices and a network of technical representatives, conducting field trials, publishing research, and delivering technical references for the agricultural sector.

The institute's core technical offering consists of decision support tools (Outils d'Aide à la Décision — OAD) covering the full crop cycle from variety selection and sowing through protection, fertilization, irrigation, harvest, and storage. These tools are delivered through a website, a progressive web application (PWA) for mobile use, and a structured publications program under ARVALIS Editions (including Perspectives Agricoles). ARVALIS also operates ARVALIS-TV on YouTube as a multimedia channel and organizes major field events such as Les Culturales, along with regional technical meetings, trial visits, colloquia, webinars, and congresses.

ARVALIS funds its activities through a hybrid model combining public allocations from the French Ministry of Agriculture via CASDAR (Compte d'Affectation Spécial pour le Développement Agricole et Rural), membership contributions, and earned revenue from professional services including training programs, custom research, technology transfer, experimental services, and consulting for agricultural companies and Agtech entrepreneurs. The institute is integrated into France's official agricultural technical network through memberships in ACTA (Association Nationale pour le Développement Agricole), ACTIA, and Plant2Pro. Customer-facing services are organized across three segments: farmers and agricultural advisors (primary), agricultural companies and Agtech entrepreneurs, and agricultural sectors/filières requiring market-level technical support.

Name

ARVALIS INSTITUT DU VEGETAL

Legal name

ARVALIS INSTITUT DU VEGETAL

Website

https://arvalis-infos.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ARVALIS Institut du Végétal is a French non-profit agricultural technical institute conducting applied research and providing decision support tools, training, and consulting for arable crop farmers, advisors, agricultural companies, and Agtech entrepreneurs across all 12 French regions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Research Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (1151)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Yield Optimization & Crop Performance Consulting (AFACABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nutrient Management Planning & Fertility Programs (AFACABAB), Seed & Hybrid/Variety Selection Consulting (AFACABAK), Cover Crop & Conservation Practice Planning (AFACABAI)

Keywords

• Agricultural research
• Decision support tools
• Crop management
• Agronomic consulting
• Farmer training

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public funding and memberships: ARVALIS receives funding from CASDAR (Compte d'Affectation Spécial pour le Développement Agricole et Rural) managed by the Ministry of Agriculture. The institute also operates as a member of agricultural technical networks including ACTA and ACTIA.
2. Professional services and training: Revenue from training programs, consulting services, technology transfer, custom research, experimental services, and expertise for agricultural companies and entrepreneurs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ARVALIS Institut du Vegetal is a French non-profit agricultural technical institute conducting applied research on arable crops. It delivers agronomic decision support tools (Outils d'Aide à la Décision - OAD), professional training, custom research, technology transfer, experimental services, and technical consulting to farmers, agricultural advisors, agribusinesses, and the broader arable-crop value chain across France. The institute covers the full crop production cycle for cereals, maize, sorghum, forages, potatoes, fiber flax, and cover crops.

Product overview

ARVALIS offers a portfolio of technical information services, decision support tools (OAD), and enterprise services for the agricultural sector. The core offering consists of technical information (articles, trial results, research findings), decision support tools for farmers and advisors, and professional services including training, technology transfer, custom research, experimentation, and consulting. The institute also publishes technical editions and organizes events. No unified platform with named modules is explicitly described; instead, services are organized by culture (cereals, maize, sorghum, potatoes, etc.), type of information, and theme (crop management, protection, fertilization, irrigation, etc.).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ARVALIS Editions: Publishing division providing technical references for arable crops and forages
• ARVALIS-TV
• Les Culturales
• Perspectives Agricoles
• Actions ARVALIS

Products and services

• Outils d'Aide à la Décision (OAD)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ACTA (Association Nationale pour le Développement Agricole)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARVALIS is a member of ACTA, the National Association for Agricultural Development, which brings together French agricultural technical institutes for coordinated research and development activities.
• Plant2ProcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARVALIS is a member of Plant2Pro, an innovation accelerator for agricultural crop production, supporting technology transfer and agricultural sector development.
• ACTIA (Association de Coordination Technique pour l'Industrie Agroalimentaire)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARVALIS is a partner of ACTIA, which coordinates technical activities in the agri-food industry and supports innovation in agricultural sectors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• INRAE: France's national public research institute for agriculture, food and environment. Closest analogue to ARVALIS in mission (applied agricultural research for French stakeholders) and funding mix (public + program-based), though broader in scope (includes livestock, food, environment).
• Teagasc: Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority — public-body applied research, advisory and training for farmers. Directly comparable to ARVALIS as a state-backed institute combining R&D, farmer training, and decision-support service delivery.
• Agroscope: Swiss federal agricultural research institute conducting applied research across crops, livestock and food. Comparable to ARVALIS as a publicly funded European technical research body serving farmers and agri-chain stakeholders.
• AHDB (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board): UK statutory levy-funded organization delivering applied R&D, knowledge exchange and market intelligence to farmers. Similar business model (levy/funding-based) and similar mission of translating science into farmer-facing advice.
• CTIFL (Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Légumes): French technical institute for fruit and vegetables — direct counterpart to ARVALIS within the same ACTA network, with the same legal status and funding model, simply focused on a different crop segment (fruit/veg vs arable).
• IDELE (Institut de l'Élevage): French technical institute for livestock — another ACTA-network member. Compares to ARVALIS on legal form, funding model (CASDAR), mission and service mix (R&D, technical references, training, decision-support) applied to a different agricultural segment.

Broad incumbents

• ADAS: UK's largest independent agricultural and environmental consultancy and contract research provider. Comparable services (applied crop R&D, environmental advice, trials) but operates commercially rather than as a non-profit public institute.
• Wageningen University & Research: Dutch public agricultural research powerhouse combining university science with applied research institutes. Comparable R&D breadth and public-funding mix; broader than ARVALIS (includes food, environment, social science).
• Rothamsted Research: Long-established UK agricultural research institute conducting crop and soil science. Comparable in being a publicly funded, non-profit applied research entity producing decision-relevant agronomic science, though more upstream/academic than ARVALIS.

Others

• Plant2Pro: French innovation accelerator for arable crop production of which ARVALIS is a member. Thematically aligned (plant/field-crop innovation), but functions as a funding/program vehicle rather than a competing research provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/TVArvalis

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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