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• The National Institute for Agronomic Research
• Set up in 1946
• A public, scientific and technological
  establishment
• Under the joint authority of the Ministries of
  Agriculture
• and Research.
• Second largest French public research
  organisation, with a staff of nearly 9000 and
  a budget of 573 millions euros
• Largest European organisation for agricultural
  research,
• and amongst the top three world-wide

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• 1946/1960 
• INRA was one of the principal actors in the
  modernisation
• of farming.
• 1960/1980 
• Through its research and innovation, INRA
  contributedto the development of the French
  agrifood sector.
• 1980/2000 
• The Institute integrated new and fundamental
  technologiesin the life sciences
  (biotechnologies, molecular biology,genetic
  engineering) in response to new
  environmentaland consumer demands.

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• Since 2001 
• INRA is taking up the scientific challenges of
  the life sciences, helping to accomplish profound
  changes in farming, responding to new demands
  from society (food safety and quality, ethics,
  science-society debate, etc.)
• by strengthening its resources in three major
  fields
• 1. The development of sustainable agriculture
• 2. Nutrition and its effects on human health
• 3. The environment and regional development
• by integrating them in the construction of the
  European
• Research Area
• by actively participating in the
  internationalisation of science

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• Missions 
• 1. To produce and disseminate scientific
  knowledge
• and innovations
• 2. To contribute to training in and through
  research,
• to the dissemination of scientific culture
  and to the
• science/society debate
• 3. Through its expertise, to participate in
  informing the
• decisions made by public and private sector
  actors

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Research priorities gtgt The environment and
rural areas Protection of natural
resources gtgt Human nutrition and food safety
Eating safe and healthy foods gtgt Integrative
biology From genomes to plant and animal
populations gtgt Bioinformatics Informatics and
high throughput biology gtgt Social sciences
Informing decision-makers in the public and
private sectors
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gtgt The environment and rural areas Protection of
natural resources 1. Management and
protection of physical resources
water, soil, the atmosphere 2.
Valorisation and preservation of
biological resources 3. Management of
agrarian and forest systems 4. Support for
public policies on the environment and rural
areas
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gtgt Human nutrition and food safety Eating safe
and healthy foods 1. Relationships between
nutrition and human health 2.
Quality and biological safety of
foods 3. Determinants of food
consumption
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gtgt Integrative biology From genomes to plant and
animal populations 1. Genotyping 2.
Genome mapping 3. Integrative biology 4.
Risk assessment and the management of
innovation
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gtgt Bioinformatics Informatics and high
throughput biology 1. Management of
genome data 2. Interfaces for
biologists
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gtgt Social sciences Informing decision-makers in
the public and private sectors 1.
Analysis of the role and functions of
agriculture, nutrition and rural areas
in society 2. Analysis and design of public
policies or organisational methods in the
economic and social contexts 3. Development of
methods for risk analysis and management 4.
Development of integrative research,
strengthening of forecasting
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A strengthened partnership policy gtgt Scientific
collaborations in France with - research
organisations - higher education gtgt
Construction of the European Research Area gtgt
Socioeconomic partnerships with industry and
farming gtgt Local activities with public regional
bodies gtgt International collaboration gtgt
Contributing to the debate and informing public
decision
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• gtgt Scientific collaborations in France
• 140 Joint Research Units out of a total of 257
  research units
• gt 44 with agricultural or veterinary Grandes
  Ecoles
• gt 32 with universities
• gt 9 with other research organisations
• gt 43 involving several of these partners
• Participation in 26 federated research
  institutes
• gt 23 in the life sciences
• gt 2 in environmental sciences
• Contribution to higher education (figures for
  2001)
• gt More than 1100 staff members provided more than
  12,000 hours of lectures,
• gt 830 doctoral students being trained every
  year,
• and some 250 doctoral theses presented

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• gtgt Construction of the European Research Area
• 6th European PRTD (Programme for Research and
  Technological Development)
• gt Preparation and participation
• gt National Contact Point for the high-priority
  programme on Food Quality and Safety.
• Bilateral agreements with European Union
  partners
• (Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Greece,
  Portugal, Spain, etc.).
• Scientific cooperation
• gt with Central and Eastern European countries
  (some 60 projects)
• gt with Mediterranean countries, in
  collaboration with the CIHEAM
  (International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean
  Agronomic Studies)

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• Member of Euragri The club which brings
  together representatives from the principal
  research
• organisations and agriculture ministries in
  member states of the European
• Union
• Member of the European Science Foundation A
  European association which groups 70 major
  research organisations in 24 member states

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• gtgt Socioeconomic partnerships
• Industrial partnerships
• gt Intellectual property (figures for 2001)
• - a strategic and ethical challenge in the life
  sciences
• - 252 licenses (know-how and patents), 187
  French patents
• and 3240 patent applications in other
  countries
• gt Exploitation of research results
• A high-performance organisation based on
  independent subsidiary companies
• - Agri-Obtentions selling commercial licences
  for plant varieties
• and innovations aimed at improving plant
  health
• - Inra Transfert economic exploitation in
  partnership or through
• the creation of companies

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• Partnerships with the world of farming
• gt Increased focus on studies on processes for
  high-quality, sustainable
• production and on rural development
• gt Application of the concept of
  multifonctionality in agriculture
• to national and European policies
• gt Development of research programmes in
  collaboration with actors
• in agricultural development

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• gtgt International collaboration
• Research partnerships with industrialised
  countries
• (United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New
  Zealand, etc.)
• Scientific collaboration with Eastern European
  and Mediterranean countries and with emerging
  agricultural and scientific powers (China,
  Brazil, India)
• Strong policy of welcoming grantholders from
  other
• countries

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Breakdown of foreign grantholders at INRA
Northern European Economic Space Southern
European Economic Space Central and Eastern
European Countries Mediterranean countries(not
includins Europe) North America South
America/Caribbean Asia/Pacific Sub-Saharan
Africa
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INRA share in 2003of the civil research and
development budget (staffing grants and programme
approvals in millions of Euros)
The INRA research budgetrepresents 6 of the
French civil public research budget
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Strategic axes in the 2003 budgetBreakdown of
resources
Improving living conditions, preserving
theenvironment and ensuring sustainable
production   Developing generic strategies for
knowledgein the life sciences Informing the
decisions of public and private sector
decision-makers Improving human nutrition,
preserving consumerhealth and understanding
consumer behaviour   Diversifying products and
their uses,improving their competitiveness    Ada
pting species, practices and productionsystems
to changing contexts    Department management
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• One Chairman, one Board of Directors
• The INRA Board of Directors is chaired by the
  Chairman of the Institute.The Chairman and
  Director General are assisted by a Scientific
  Advisory Board, which discusses and proposes
  scientific policies and evaluates research
  activities.
• Four Research Support Directorates gt Regional
  activities, higher education and Europe
• gt Finance and general administrationgt Innovation
  and information systemsgt Human resources
• Two support missions gt Communication gt
  International relations

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• 21 regional research centres
• 14 scientific research departments
• 468 units
• gt 257 research units (including 140 associated
• with other organisations)
• gt 80 experimental units
• gt 131 support units

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Ressources et Organisation
14 Scientifc Departments Animal genetics Animal
physiology and husbandry systems Animal
health Environment and agronomy Ecology of
forests, meadows and aquatic environment Plant
health and the environment Plant breeding and
genetics Plant biology Characterizing of and
research on products issued from
agriculture Human nutrition Microbiology and food
chain Applied mathematics and computer
sciences Social sciences, agriculture and food,
space and environment Sciences for action and
development
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