Institut national de la recherche agronomique

Institut national de la recherche agronomique
Formation1946
TypeGovernmental organisation
Purposetargeted research
Location
President
Philippe Mauguin (July 2016[1])
Budget
€877.6 million[2]
Staff
8,290[2]
Websitewww.international.inra.fr

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).[3]

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.[2] It belonged to the top 1% most cited research institutes.[2]

  1. ^ "INRA – Philippe Mauguin, President of INRA". Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Inra will become Inrae after merging with Irstea". La dépêche vétérinaire (in French). 19 May 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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