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Institut national de la recherche agronomique
Summary
The Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA, pronounced inʁa; English: National Institute of Agricultural Research) was a French public research institute dedicated to agricultural science. It was founded in 1946 and is a Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishment under the joint authority of the Ministries of Research and Agriculture. From 1 January 2020 the INRA merged with the IRSTEA (Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture) to create the INRAE (Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement).
INRA led projects of targeted research for a sustainable agriculture, a safeguarded environment and a healthy and high quality food. Based on the number of publications in agricultural sciences/crops and animal sciences, INRA was the first institute for agricultural research in Europe, and the second in the world. It belonged to the top 1% most cited research institutes.
INRA main tasks were:
to gather and disseminate knowledge;
to build know-how and innovation for the society;
to provide expertise to public institutions and private companies;
to participate in science-society debates;
to train in research.
INRA was a research institute with 1,840 researchers, 1,756 research engineers and 4,694 lab workers/field workers/administrative staff.
In addition, 510 PhD students were trained, and 2,552 interns were employed every year.
INRA was composed of 13 scientific departments:
Environment and Agronomy
Biology and crop breeding
Plant health and environment
Ecology of forests, meadows and aquatic environments
Animal genetics
Animal physiology and animal production systems
Animal health
Characterization and processing of agricultural products
Microbiology and food processing
Human nutrition
Sciences for action and development
Social sciences, agriculture and food, territories and environment
Applied mathematics and computer sciences
Moreover, INRA provided tools and support to the scientific community: databases, environmental research observatories, genetic resources centers, experimental platforms, etc.
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