APIS-GENE

APIS-GENE is a French simplified joint-stock company (SAS) created in 2003 at the initiative of the ruminant livestock sectors. It functions as a collective funding and steering vehicle: it raises money from the industry, invests it in research, and organises programmes in ruminant genomics covering sheep, goats and cattle. Its purpose is to finance, orient and define research programmes that serve livestock breeders. The company brings together professionals from the French ruminant sectors. Its four main funders are CNIEL (the dairy sector), Interbev (the meat sector), Eliance (livestock services and advice) and CNE (production). The Institut de l'élevage completes the shareholder base by contributing technical expertise. APIS-GENE was a founding member of the GIS AGENAE (Analyse du GENome des Animaux d'Elevage) and continues its public-private partnership closely with INRAE within the GIS Avenir Elevages. Operationally, APIS-GENE works to stimulate innovation, determine professional priorities, orient research programmes, co-finance finalised research, manage R&D contracts efficiently, build lasting partnerships, and transfer research-derived innovations to the field. Its activity is therefore concentrated in France and in the French ruminant breeding and research ecosystem, rather than in consumer-facing products. According to its official website, the organisation reports key figures in millions of euros invested, programmes and sectors, though the specific values are not disclosed in the available evidence. Its registered location is Paris, France.

APIS-GENE was founded in 2003 under the impetus of the French ruminant livestock sectors. It was established as a simplified joint-stock company (SAS) with the aim of calling up funds to invest, innovate and create value, so as to finance, orient and define research programmes in ruminant genomics for sheep, goats and cattle. From its creation, the company was designed as a collective mechanism rather than an operating farm or a commercial breeder. It groups professionals from the ruminant sectors, with four main funders: CNIEL for the dairy sector, Interbev for the meat sector, Eliance for livestock services and advice, and CNE for production. The Institut de l'élevage joined the shareholder base to contribute technical expertise. APIS-GENE was a founding member of the GIS AGENAE (Analyse du GENome des Animaux d'Elevage), a scientific interest grouping dedicated to the analysis of the genome of farm animals. It has continued its public-private partnership, working closely with INRAE within the GIS Avenir Elevages. Its stated missions include stimulating a dynamic of innovation, determining professional priorities, orienting research programmes, co-financing finalised research programmes, efficiently managing R&D contracts, building lasting partnerships, and transferring research-derived innovations to the field. The organisation is based in Paris, France, and remains active, publishing news such as general assembly reviews and calls for tenders on its official website.

• 2003

  APIS-GENE founded under the impetus of the ruminant livestock sectors.

• Founding member of the GIS AGENAE (Analyse du GENome des Animaux d'Elevage).

• Continues public-private partnership with INRAE within the GIS Avenir Elevages.

A collective, sector-backed funding and steering body for ruminant genomics research in France, operating through public-private partnerships.

1. 1Accueil - APIS-GENEapis-gene.com
2. 2APIS-GENE (France) - Wikidatawikidata.org