Flow Reference Framework – Refflux Project

The Flow Reference Framework (Référentiel Flux) aims to build a shared, structured baseline of material flows across the main French agricultural sectors.
It is intended for sector practitioners (technical institutes, inter-branch organisations, economic operators) as much as for academia (researchers, teachers, students).

This reference framework is part of the Refflux project, led by several partners around RMT FILARMONI, a network of agricultural technical institutes and researchers specialising in flow analysis and mapping.

Objectives of the framework

• Provide a concise, rigorous and transparent picture of physical flows in French agri-food sectors.
• Harmonise analysis methods at the national level.
• Serve as a shared tool for decision-making, training and research.

Partners involved

The project draws on:

• 7 technical institutes, members of FILARMONI:
• IFIP – pork sector
• IDELE – beef and dairy
• ITAVI – poultry, eggs
• IFCE – horse meat
• CTIFL – fruit and vegetables
• Terres Univia – oilseeds, protein crops

• Arvalis – cereals

• BASIC: a research consultancy specialising in the collection and analysis of public data.

• TerriFlux: expertise in flow modelling and visualisation (Sankey diagrams).

• A scientific committee made up of researchers from:

• INRIA
• INRAE

• CIRED

• Financial support from:

• ADEME
• FranceAgriMer

To go further

• The flow diagrams on the RMT Filarmoni website (in French) — the diagrams of the 10 supply chains, available online.
• Announcement of the visualisation tool release (in French) — the news item published by RMT Filarmoni in September 2023.
• Article: Levert F. et al., 2024. Les diagrammes de flux des filières agricoles françaises du champ à l'assiette : vers la production d'un référentiel commun. 18th Journées de Recherche en Sciences Sociales (JRSS). https://hal.science/hal-04844710 (in French)
• Article: Levert F., Courtonne J.-Y., Alapetite J., 2025. Farm to Fork Flow Diagrams for French Agricultural Sectors: A common template. Working Paper SMART 25-04. On AgEcon Search
• Technical report "Référentiel flux" (June 2023, PDF, in French) — the final report delivered to ADEME and FranceAgriMer.
• JRSS 2024 presentation (slides, PDF, in French)
• The announcement relayed by IFIP (in French) — presentation of the tool by the French pork institute, a project partner.
• Published flow diagrams

Contact

📧 julien.alapetite@terriflux.fr
🌐 www.terriflux.com