In November 2025, HelEx contributed to a master course at the horticultural school of Agadir, Morocco, where Nicolas Langlade (INRAE) presented the project’s Work Package 1 strategy. The school trains future agronomists and plant scientists for a region where horticulture and field crops face intense climate pressure.
The course introduced HelEx’s approach to combining wild genetic diversity, modern phenotyping and ecological considerations for sunflower improvement, with an emphasis on how this strategy could inspire or be adapted for other crops and regions facing similar challenges.
For HelEx, investing in training activities abroad contributes to the project’s wider impact: by sharing its methods with future professionals, it extends the reach of European science and helps build a globally aware community of agronomists and breeders.
