National Institute for Agricultural Research

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Inra
Founded:	1946
Scope:	National
Policy area:	All
Type of institution:	Governmental
Field of work:	Research, Science
Language:	French, English, Spanish
URL:	Inra website
Format:	html
Access:	Free
Publisher:	Inra
Country(ies):	France
Date:	01/03/2012

The National Institute for Agricultural Research (French : Institut national de la recherche agronomique, Inra) is a French public research institute dedicated to scientific studies surrounding the problems of agriculture. It is the leading agricultural research institute in Europe, and the second largest in the world for the number of its publications in agricultural, plant and animal sciences.

Objective	It has three main objectives: To develop an ability to understand, analyse and model issues concerning nutrition and global food security To develop reliable indicators of sustainable development To analyse the territorial consequences of global changes
Thematic priority(ies)	Agriculture, food, environment,land management, sustainable development
Functions	Produce and disseminate scientific knowledge and innovation Contribute to training, promote scientific and technical culture and participate in the science/society debate Through its expertise, to inform decision-making by public and private sector actors
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	French Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, MAAPRAT, Knowledge and Innovation Community on climate (KIC climate), Diversitas’ Agrobiodiversity Programme, Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)
Keywords	Research, Agriculture, Plant Biology, Forest, Grassland and Freshwater Ecology, Environment and Agronomy, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Plant Health and Environment, Science for Action and Development, Social Sciences

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
All	All	Energy generation and use, Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stock, Transport, Water use, Forest resources, Soil condition, Water and air pollution, Forest biodiversity, Forest damage, Generation of waste