Michel Griffon
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Michel Griffon | |
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 Griffon in 2014 | |
| Born | 31 October 1948 Bourges, France |
| Died | 4 January 2026 (aged 77) |
| Education | Institut national agronomique Paris Grignon (Dipl.Ing.) |
| Occupation | Agronomist |
Michel Griffon (French: [miʃɛl gʁifɔ̃]; 31 October 1948 – 4 January 2026) was a French agronomist.[1]
Born in Bourges on 31 October 1948, Griffon earned his Diplôme d'Ingénieur from the Institut national agronomique Paris Grignon in 1971.[2] He then worked as a public policy analyst for the Société d'études pour le développement économique et social, an organization created by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. He was then a program secretary for the Ministry of Cooperation from 1982 to 1986.[3] While working as a research scientist for the Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, he invented the term "ecologically intensive agriculture" to describe farming practices in the Global South.[4] In 2015, he joined the scientific council of the Centre d'information des viandes.[5]
Griffon died on 4 January 2026, at the age of 77.[6]
