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The Institute
Ranked the number one agricultural institute in Europe and number two in the world, INRA carries out mission-oriented research for high-quality and healthy foods, competitive and sustainable agriculture and a preserved and valorised environment.
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A mission-oriented research institute that addresses core development issues, from the local to the international level
Our research is guided by developments in scientific fields and focuses on worldwide challenges related to food and nutrition, the environment and land use facing the world of agriculture and agronomics today. Challenges such as climate change, human nutrition, competition between food and non-food crops, the exhaustion of fossil resources and appropriate land management put agronomists in a position to generate compatible economic, social and environmental development. INRA produces fundamental knowledge that leads to innovation and know-how for society. INRA lends its expertise to public decision-making.
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Open to society
- INRA initiates research projects in France and Europe that it knows are relevant for society, because it is attentive to society’s needs. That is why it carries out forward-planning research with a strategic vision in concert with representatives of society (strategy partners).
- INRA commits to contributing to society through contracts that set out specific objectives, together with the French government.
- It lends its expertise to public decision-making.
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Producing knowledge, innovation and know-how for society
- INRA assists the development of industries and regions of France: it actively participates in a transfer partnership while seeking the public good.
- INRA shares its knowledge with a vast public.
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Maintaining scientific excellence and research relevance
- INRA is ranked 2nd in the world and 1st in Europe for publications in the agricultural sciences, and plant and animal sciences.
- It maintains scientific partnerships with major scientific research institutes worldwide, universities, and agronomy and veterinary schools, and is committed to helping build the European Research Area.
- INRA encourages a multidisciplinary approach to research.
- It has received a number of prestigious awards for its researchers and their work.
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A foremost scientific research institution
- 1,837 researchers and nearly 2,000 doctoral students work at INRA; more than 1,800 foreign researchers and students come to INRA every year.
- Research equipment, experimental facilities and major technology transfer are managed by a staff of 2,590 engineers and 4,061 technicians.
- Over the decade 2010-2020, INRA will develop metaprogrammes – research programmes with a broadened scope of study which combine several disciplines. Such an integrated approach is essential to making progress on global food, agricultural and environmental issues.
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The complementary nature of topics studied and techniques used, as well as the diversity of partnerships, guarantee INRA great capacity and the relevance of its actions to benefit society.
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While in the current context INRA does not intend to make available GM plant varieties for sale in France, the Institute strives to remain a major player in the field of plant biotechnologies. Around
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A field trial on genetically-modified grapevine rootstock at the INRA research centre in Colmar has attracted media attention due to vandalism of the site in 2009 and 2010 and the legal aftermath of t
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CIRAD and INRA have presented the preliminary results of the DuALIne strategic study, the aim of which was to pinpoint the priority research questions in terms of sustainable food supplies. A wide ran
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INRA is the French leading research institute for food, agriculture and environment, with a strong multidisciplinary basis in life, environmental, social and economic sciences. INRA research programme
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More than ever, the scale of agricultural, food and environmental challenges calls for ambitious research. In her New Year's speech on January 13th, Marion Guillou, President of INRA, invited all of I
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Recent health crises have brought to light the very real threat these zoonoses pose to human health, global food safety and the economy, stressing the need for revitalising research in this area. Infe
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October 9, 2009
Montpellier (France)
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Results of INRA-CIRAD Agrimonde Foresight Study. The Agrimonde foresight study, a joint initiative of INRA and CIRAD, represents a collective discussion on the challenges facing global food and agricultural systems. Its results will be presented during a symposium on 9 October 2009 and discussed by specialists from the relevant fields to create a basis for greater dialogue between the stakeholders.
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INRA carries out research in food and nutrition from three perspectives: from the point of view of taste, pleasure and behaviour, from that of health and well-being and finally that of safety. Three
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Global agricultural research must address the challenge of sustainable food supply. Marion Guillou, President of INRA, expounds on the matter in a column published in Le Monde on 6 May 2008.
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25/01/2008 Press release
Marion Guillou, President of INRA, Patrice Debré, Chairman of the CIRAD board of directors, and Gérard Matheron, Director General of CIRAD, have just inaugurated the new common advisory committee for
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In order to acquire greater international visibility and prospects, CIRAD and INRA have just set up a public interest group: the French Initiative for International Agricultural Research (IFRAI). The
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INRA's science policy on plant biotechnologies is defined according to the different objectives of a mission-oriented insitute working to further knowledge for the benefit of society. This document, i
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With global climate change, the environmental functions of the ecosystems used have become a major concern, inseparable from their productive value. The relationship between agriculture and environmen
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INRA and environment (pdf)
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Agriculture is essential due to the decisive role it plays in our regions, its strategic role in terms of supplying food, and the economic development it fosters in many sectors including the agri-foo
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> INRA and agriculture (pdf)
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For 60 years now, INRA has been developing research in the areas of agriculture, food and nutrition and the environment, with an eye to social issues and a focus on excellence. The Institute has thus
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