LIA - GIP d'Occitanie

What LIA - GIP d'Occitanie does

LIA - GIP d'Occitanie (legal name: Groupement d'Intérêt Public « Transitions ») is a French public interest grouping headquartered in Auzeville-Tolosane, Occitanie. It operates as a public innovation operator that supports agricultural transitions in the Occitanie region, working on commission from institutional members (DRAAF, prefect, state agencies, water agencies) and in response to territorial solicitations. The organization's mission is to improve the capacity of agricultural actors to act in changing contexts, addressing pesticide reduction (notably glyphosate cessation), water quality preservation, and agroecological transition through six activity domains: territorial diagnostics, field experimentation, access to information resources, competency building, multi-actor project emergence, and institutional strategy support.

LIA's core technology is HECATE, a territorial information system launched in 2023 that aggregates public datasets (BNV-D, SIE des Agences de l'eau, Hub'Eau, ARS, IGN) to produce dynamic visual indicators on agriculture and water quality at relevant territorial scales. HECATE underpins two flagship territorial projects: TAArGET (2019-2023), which supported 16 agricultural teaching establishments in reducing glyphosate and root herbicide use, and the ongoing Water Quality in Gers intervention (since 2022), which combines farmer surveys across four catchment basins with demonstrator zones (Sud Gers and Gimone). HECATE is co-developed with Toulouse-based Flutilliant under agile methodology and co-financed by DINUM, Banque des Territoires via Occitanum, the European Union (Transform project), and Agence de l'eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse.

The business model is a public-interest structure rather than a commercial operation. LIA does not sell products or services at list prices; instead, it is funded by member contributions and project-based grants from public authorities (DRAAF, prefect, water agencies Adour-Garonne and Rhône Méditerranée Corse, Ecophyto/OFB, DINUM, Banque des Territoires, EU). Customers are exclusively institutional: territorial authorities, water agencies, agricultural chambers, agricultural teaching establishments, and indirectly farmers engaged through diagnostic and experimentation programs. The 11-person team includes a Director (Bruno Lion) plus heads of experimentation/diagnostics, skills development, and project managers covering agroecology animation, territorial approaches, knowledge animation, experimentation, and administrative/financial management. The organization has 13 years of operational history.

Name

LIA - GIP d'Occitanie

Legal name

Groupement d'Intérêt Public « Transitions »

Website

https://gip-lia.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LIA - GIP d'Occitanie is a French public interest grouping that supports agroecological transitions in Occitanie through the HECATE territorial data platform and field-based diagnostics, serving farmers, water agencies, agricultural teaching establishments, and regional public institutions under public mandate funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Transition and Territorial Innovation Services

NAICS

Farm Management Services (115116), Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Science, Technology & Innovation Administration (National R&D Policy) (BPAIAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) (BPAGABAO)

Keywords

• Agricultural transition services
• Territorial information systems
• Agroecology consulting
• Water quality management
• Agricultural diagnostics

Headquarters

HQ city

Auzeville-Tolosane

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Institution Funding: LIA operates as a Groupement d'Intérêt Public (GIP), a French public interest grouping structure, funded by its institutional members and through commissioned projects from public authorities (prefect, state agencies, water agencies).
2. Co-financed Platform Development: HECATE platform development is co-financed by DINUM (Direction Interministérielle du Numérique), Banque des Territoires via Occitanum, European Union via Transform project, and Agence de l'eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LIA operates as a public innovation operator delivering agricultural transition services in the Occitanie region of France. Its core offerings include territorial agricultural diagnostics, agroecological field experimentation and demonstration, the HECATE territorial information system platform aggregating public datasets on agriculture and water quality, competency-building programs for agricultural actors, and facilitation of multi-stakeholder transition projects under institutional mandates from public members.

Product overview

LIA - GIP d'Occitanie operates as a public innovation operator offering a portfolio of projects and tools focused on agroecological transitions. The core product is the HECATE platform, a territorial information system that aggregates and visualizes public data on agriculture and water quality. This is complemented by project-based services including TAArGET (glyphosate reduction in agricultural education) and the Water Quality in Gers initiative, which deploys HECATE for territorial diagnostics and action. Technical resources and guides are also distributed as downloadable documents. The overall offering is a platform-plus-projects model where HECATE serves as the data infrastructure supporting various territorial intervention projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HECATE: A digital territorial information platform serving agroecological transitions, providing access to meaningful and strategic information on agriculture and water quality at relevant scales for action.

Products and services

• HECATE Platform A territorial information system platform that aggregates public datasets on agriculture and water quality (BNV-D, SIE des Agences de l'eau, Hub'Eau, ARS, IGN), providing dynamic visual indicators at relevant territorial scales to enable institutional actors, agricultural professionals, and territorial stakeholders to access strategic knowledge for agroecological transitions.
• TAArGET Project A project accompanying agricultural education establishments (EPLs) in Occitanie in reducing glyphosate use and root herbicide application, linking farm operations, teaching, and territorial challenges. Engaged 16 agricultural teaching establishments and 12 territorial institutions.
• Water Quality in Gers (Qualité de l'eau dans le Gers) An agricultural diagnostic and action framework project addressing water quality issues in the Gers department through territorial demonstrators, farmer surveys (approximately 80 farmers), and the HECATE platform for data visualization across 4 catchment basins (Gimone, Sud Gers, Tarsac/Tasque, Baïse).
• Technical Resources and Guides Downloadable technical guides, trial results, and pedagogical tools covering cover crops, soil fertility, plant health, weed management, crop diversification, and territorial agricultural approaches, distributed through the LIA website resource library.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80 farmers surveyed in Gers territory using systematic diagnostic methodology
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• FlutilliantcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Toulouse-based smart data development company working with LIA on HECATE platform development since 2023. Provides agile development methodology with real-time shared supports enabling efficient collaboration and continuous development tracking.
• ENSFEA (École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Co-pilot of the TAArGET project alongside LIA, bringing pedagogical expertise for integrating agroecological transition into agricultural education programs.
• DRAAF OccitaniemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional agricultural authority that requested LIA intervention following political announcement of glyphosate ban, initiating TAArGET project for agricultural teaching establishments.
• ARS (Agence Régionale de Santé)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health agency involved in water quality monitoring and water catchment protection initiatives in Gers, partner in HECATE ecosystem.
• Chambre d'agriculture d'OccitaniecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional agricultural chamber participating in territorial diagnostic processes and agricultural transition initiatives in Gers catchment areas.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IDELE: French livestock technical institute combining applied research, advisory, and field expertise — comparable R&D-advisory operating model to LIA's territorial agroecology focus.
• INRAE: France's national public research institute for agriculture, food, and environment. Comparable as a major public R&D operator supporting agricultural transitions, though at much greater scale and broader scientific scope than LIA.
• CTIFL: French technical institute for fruits and vegetables with applied research and advisory mission, structurally similar to LIA's public R&D-advisory operating model across the agricultural technical institute network.
• Terres Inovia: French technical institute for oilseed and protein crops with a similar R&D-advisory mission and field experimentation mandate as LIA's agroecology work.
• Acta - Les Instituts Techniques Agricoles: Head of network coordinating France's agricultural technical institutes with applied R&D and advisory mission. Structurally the closest peer to LIA as a public-facing agricultural R&D operator coordinating technical institutes.
• Chambre d'agriculture d'Occitanie: Regional agricultural chamber directly engaged with LIA's territorial diagnostic processes and transition initiatives; serves the same Occitanie farmers and institutions with overlapping advisory scope.
• Arvalis: French technical institute for arable crops conducting field experimentation, diagnostics, and farmer advisory — directly comparable to LIA's experimentation and demonstrator work in Occitanie.

Others

• FranceAgriMer: French national public establishment for agricultural and sea products; related public sector actor in French agricultural policy and program administration with complementary but non-competing mandate.
• Agence de l'eau Adour-Garonne: Water agency co-financing LIA's Gers diagnostic and demonstrator zones; regulatory and financial counterpart with overlapping water-quality mandate but distinct institutional role.

Emerging players

• Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB): Public agency with overlapping agroecology and biodiversity mandate; co-funds LIA's TAArGET project via Ecophyto and shares water-quality monitoring scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lia-gip-occitanie

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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