Pr ZAKANE Ahmed - The director of CREAD had the pleasure of welcoming Mr Thierry DUPEUBLE Director of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier and Pr Omar BESSAOUD, associate researcher at CIHEAM. Discussions were held on the possibilities of collaboration between the two institutions and around the international project "Agro-ecological transition in North Africa" H2020 coordinated by the IAMM where CREAD is a partner, and researchers from the Agriculture Territory and Environment division : Dr Amel BOUZID, Dr BOUDEDJA Karima, Dr OUMANE Amine, Dr Fatah AMEUR and Dr BELHADI Aissa are members.