DAFNAE runs both basic and applied research programmes in several areas of agricultural science, including Agronomy and Soil Science, Animal Science, Ecology and Environmental Science, Entomology, Food Science and Technology, Genetics and Genomics, Microbiology, Plant Science. DAFNAE is part of several interdepartmental centres: CIRVE, CIRGEO, CIRPAM, CRIBI, and CINIDT.