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INRA: for the Earth and for Man

INRA: for the Earth and for Man

Public mission oriented research•Sustainable agriculture•Nutrition and food safety•Environment and rural areas

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INRA: for the Earth and for Man

A general presentation•Portrait•Scientific strategy•Resources and organisation•Updated

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1. Portrait

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1. Portrait

• Set up in 1946

• A public research organisation dedicated to:– Agriculture– Food, food safety and human nutrition– Environment and rural development

• A research performing organisation– 1800 researchers and 2360 engineers– 8600 total Staff– A budget of 700 M€ for 2007 / 85 % from the Ministry of

Reseach

• A research funding organisation (ANR)– Nearly 50 M€ in 2005

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1. Portrait

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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1. Portrait

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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2. Scientific strategy

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2. Scientific strategy

Context• New scientific challenges

– High throughput approaches– Modelling at different scales– System biology

• New socio economic conditions– CAP to 2013 ? and WTO Doha Round?– Evolution of rural areas

• Questions from the society, new concerns, new risks/opportunities, Climate change, Energy…

• New research organisation, European Research Area

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2. Scientific strategy

An enhanced partnership• Building a more efficient relation with the

stakeholders• Strengthening the links with higher education

and other research institutions• Reshaping the relationship with rural

development organisations• Improving technology transfer and access to

knowledge

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2. Scientific strategy

European partnerships and international cooperation

• European commitment as the highest priority

• A special interest for long term cooperation with China, India, South America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina..) and the Mediterranean basin

• A stronger cooperation with other scientific organisation

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3. Resources and organisation

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3. Resources and organisation

• A total budget of 700 M€ for 2007– 85 % funded by the government– 15 % on contracts

• 1800 scientists, 2270 research assistants and 4230 technical staff on permanent positions

• 1000 scientists coming from partner organisations

• 1200 scientists and research assistants on time limited contracts

• 1600 PhD students• 1000 international visiting scientists on doctoral

or post doctoral fellowships

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3. Resources and organisation

• 21 regional centres• 260 research units

(including 140 joint units with other research institutions)

• 80 experimental units

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• 5 scientific directorates– Animal and animal products– Plant and plant products– Human nutrition and food safety– Environment, cultivated and natural

ecosystems– Social sciences

• 14 research departments

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3. Resources and organisation

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4. Updated informations

ANR National Research Agency: New rules

a Bunch of New Tools: • Evaluation Agency : AERES• Network of Excellence : RTRA• Universities Clusters : PRES

The New research LawApril 18, 2006

To improve efficiency and visibility of French Research

ANR: INRA first results

6 programs under INRA management in 2006:

• Sustainable development & agriculture • Human nutrition & diet • GMO • Plant genomics • Animal genomics• Biodiversity

New coming Program• Large scale Microbes Genomic (2007)

The projects involving INRA teams: 14 M€ in 2006 (financial resource for INRA)

What’s new regarding INRA positioninside the French Research System?

New contract 2006-2009 with the Government (Research and Agriculture) - October, 3, 2006.

French Initiative for International Agricultural Research (IFRAI), a new tool built with CIRAD (French Agricultural Research for developing countries), May 2007.

INRA is the Corner Stone for the Agricultural Research Foundation in Montpellier (RTRA with Cirad and SupAgro) and part of 3 other networks (Economics - Paris, Toulouse / Infectiology Lyon), 2007

INRA contributes to 14 National Clusters for industry, with a key role

in new Crops (Angers) and Non Food Ag (Lille-Reims).

INRA in the European Research Area

144 projects 40 projects coordinated 3 Marie Curie training sites + 1 Initial Training Network

In the fields of Food quality & safety - Policy supports - Global change and ecosystem - life sciences Genomics and Biotechnology for health.

Coordinated projects 3 Networks of Excellence

• Eadgene European Animal Disease Genomics • Endure Reducing the use of plant protection products• Evoltree Genomics for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem

2 Integrated projects• Co-Extra GMO Traceability• BaSysBio Understanding the regulation of gene transcription

INRA in the European Research Area

Bilateral Aproches Institutional cooperation BBSRC / WUR / INRA

- BBSRC Joint Program in Crop Sciences (effective since 2006 - 3 projects

selected each side)

- WUR fellowships for PhD students on joint projects SLU Swedish agricultural University Network, joint lab and joint call for

proposals Hungary and Poland in progress for joint support tools for projects and mobility

Perspectives

- European Research Council

- Infrastructures

- Platforms

- ERAnet: Mediterranean basin

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Some International perspectives INRA pro active inside an international Network of Research bodies

in the fields of Agriculture-Nutrition-Environment, to tackle the new & complex global Challenges

Participating in Ag Research movement towards the Millenium Development Goals

Enhancing « Mission oriented » approach, balancing academic criteria of excellence and stakeholders needs and demands

Building and leading International projects (e.g. Gut microflora)

INRA’s works

Science developments

Attractivity for young scientists

Priorities chosen with our stakeholders

for Human Nutrition and Food Safety, for Environment and Rural Development,

for competitive and sustainable Agriculture.

Some International perspectives New collaborative Projects

China: strengthening links - CAS and CAAS3 mains programs / Stem Cells, Wheat Genomics, Nutrition - Metagenome

India: building up exchanges – ICAR and DBTWorkshops in progress (Plant biotechnoloy - Human Nutrition)

Brazil: organizing joint projects and partnership

Mediteranean Basin: Networking through key issues (water management - emerging disease - nutrition…) and with a proposal for an European network (ERA NET)

CGIAR: Contributing with the coming new Challenge Programs (especially Climate Change and Horticulture)

Fundamental partnerships on living edge of  Science, with ARS USDA, Land Grant Universities (Midwest UoI, ISU, MSU, U.Wisconsin…), JSPS, U. Tsukuba…CSIRO, ANU….

3 New Scientific Challenges

Human Nutrition: better understanding and improving - Metagenome

Innovative, sustainable and competitive Farming systems and Agricultural Practices

CARBIO: Bio Chimistry and Bio energy issues.

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