The Académie d'agriculture de France (, AAF) is a
voluntary association
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aiming to contribute to the evolution of agriculture and rural life in the scientific, technical, economic, judicial, legal, social and cultural fields. It is the successor to the société d'agriculture de la Généralité de Paris, founded in 1761 by
Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defi ...
, and has functioned in its present form since a decree of 1878 which recognised it as a
public utility
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.
It has 120 titular members and 180 French corresponding members, as well as 60 foreign members. Its bureau is its executive organ and is made up of 6 members, with a president elected for a year and a life secretary elected by his or her peers and named by decree of the
French President
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. It awards annual prizes and medals for contributions to the advancement of agricultural knowledge. It is based in
Paris
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in a
hôtel particulier
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at 18 in the
7th arrondissement.
Names
* 1761 - 1788 : Société Royale d'Agriculture de la Généralité de Paris.
* 1788 - 1790 : Société Royale d'Agriculture de France.
* 1790 - 1793 : Société d'Agriculture de France.
* 1793 : Société d'Hommes Libres.
* 1798 - 1814 : Société d'Agriculture du Département de la Seine.
* 1814 - 1848 : Société Royale et Centrale d'Agriculture.
* 1848 - 1853 : Société Nationale et Centrale d'Agriculture.
* 1853 - 1859 : Société Impériale et Centrale d'Agriculture.
* 1860 - 1870 : Société Impériale et Centrale d'Agriculture de France.
* 1871 - 1915 : Société Nationale et Centrale d'Agriculture de France.
* 1915 - to present : Académie d'Agriculture de France.
See also
*
Société d'Agriculture, de Commerce et des Arts de Bretagne.
Bibliography
# E. Labiche ''Les Sociétés d'agriculture au XVIIIe siècle'', 1908,
# Émile Justin ''Les Sociétés royales d'agriculture au XVIIIe siècle'', 1935,
* G. Schelle ''Vincent de Gournay'', Paris: Guillaumin, 1897, 300 p.
* L. Passy ''Histoire de la Société nationale d'agriculture de France'', Paris, 1912.
External links
Académie d'agriculture de France - official site''Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie d'agriculture de France''in
Gallica, the digital library of the
BnF.
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7th arrondissement of Paris
Agriculture in France
1761 establishments in France
Organizations established in 1761