Résumé
Considering food security and sustainability in the perspective of cereals within EU, wheat production and quality will remain a key question in the near future. Indeed, combining a sustainable agricultural system with a sustainable food production system is not so obvious after such a long period of adaptation of agronomical practices to food industry requirements. Today, the actual wheat agri-food system exhibits many contradictions needing to be solved through an integrated approach. Three main questions emerge from this approach: how to maintain a high quality of cereal products with reduction of nitrogen inputs ; how to lower the presence of pesticides and other contaminants in end products; is it possible to improve the nutritional value of cereal products ? This presentation will analyse these three key issues for the cereal chain taking into account their interactions in order to suggest new solutions for Research and Industry.