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2 The world’s second
greatest producer of publications in the agricultural sciences

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A community of 13 000 people including

7 903 permanent staff,
1 849 full-time researchers,
2 353 interns,
and 556 PhD students with INRA grants

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© INRA

250 laboratories including 45 experimental units across

13 scientific divisions and
17 research centres

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An annual budget of 850.89 million euros

77% of funds coming from the Ministry of Research
and 20% from other publically-funded sources

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Report on Gender Equality at INRA

Just published

07 Mar 2019

Report on gender equality at INRA

In 2018 INRA published its first report on gender equality within the Institute. Factual data, backed up by the conclusions of discussions with numerous participants in human resources or other levels of the Institute and in collaboration with staff representatives, provide essential elements for identifying INRA’s priorities for action in favour of parity and diversity. Regularly updated, this report will constitute an important reference on the road towards obtaining the Equality/Diversity label.

During the site visit, Pascal Marget (Époisses Experimental Unit) presents the 120 hectares used to conduct research in agroecology under real crop conditions

News

02 Oct 2018

In Bretenière, a European Parliament committee commends INRA’s expertise in reducing pesticide use

On 19 September 2018, twenty representatives from the Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides (PEST) of the European Parliament visited INRA’s Époisses Experimental Farm in Bretenière, France. Chaired by the French Member of the European Parliament Eric Andrieu, the committee’s objective is to review the research conducted to reduce pesticide use in agriculture.

Press release

30 Aug 2018

INRA signs the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment

On 27 August 2018, Philippe Mauguin, President of INRA, signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which aims to improve how science research is evaluated. INRA’s commitment to this global initiative reflects the Institute’s consideration and methodical developments in this area, from how a journal’s reputation is determined in a particular field or broadening the scope of assessment to the diversity of activities and products of targeted research.

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Magazines

23 Feb 2016

François Tanguy-Prigent, Minister of Agriculture who signed the law establishing the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) on 18 May 1946. © INRA

INRA: where it all began

Humans have farmed the land since time began, but agronomy is a relatively new science. Below are pivotal developments over two centuries which led to the creation in France in 1946 of the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) (Law of 18 May, 1946).

17 Feb 2016

Charles Thibault at his desk (spring 2003). © INRA, DENIS Jean-Baptiste

Charles Thibault

"More failures than successes" was the philosophy of the man whose name would always be linked to the first in vitro fertilisation in a mammal.

16 Feb 2016

INRA, CIRAD, AgroParisTech, AgrocampusOuest, Montpellier SupAgro and ENV Toulouse were the six founding members of the research consortium AGREENIUM. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

Marion Guillou: spokeswoman for global food security

As INRA’s first female president, Marion Guillou often underscored the importance of worldwide food security. She also reminded decision makers of the importance of the agricultural sciences and shifted the institute’s research towards the challenges of the future.

27 Nov 2015

4 per 1000 initiative: storing carbon in the soil for food security and climate. © INRA

Soils for food security and the climate

The "4 parts per 1000" initiative proposes to increase organic matter contents and encourage carbon sequestration in soils, through the application of appropriate farming and forestry practices.

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Reports

INRA research: a human endeavour. © INRA, GAVALDA Véronique

INRA research: a human endeavour

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