Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

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Institut National de la Recherche
Agronomique INRA Today Research for Tomorrow
Agriculture Russian-French Conference
 Problems and Prospects in Plant
Biotechnology  October 21-24, 2008
Novosibirsk, Bernard Charpentier Head
International Relation Division October 21, 2008

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Our mission

• Three domains for interelated Research
• Agriculture, Human Nutrition, Environment
• Mission Oriented Research Institution
• New concepts, Innovation Expertise
• Multistakeholders approach Academia, Farm
  Organizations, Industry, Society
• Science Society information, dialogue,
  transparancy
• Cross Border Issues
• Multidisciplinary approaches, new Science
  dimensions.
• European Global and Multinational initiatives.

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Agricultural Research in the World

• Missions Research programs, Support
  instruments, Partnerships public/private,
  Knowledge dissemination
• Europe BBSRC, UK - WUR, NL - FORMAS SLU,
  Sweden - Sc. Academy Ag.Min., H and PL
• Russia RAS, RAAS, Universities.
• North America ARS, Land Grant Univ. US AAC,
  CDN
• South America EMBRAPA,USP, Brazil INTA,
  Argentina
• China CAAS (Ag. Ac.) and CAS (Ac. Sc.)
• India ICAR, CSIR, Universities
• Consultative Group for International
  Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
• ICARDA, CIMMYT, Bioversity, IFPRI CP
  Generation.

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How we are organized

• Double contract with
• Ministry of Higher Education and Research
• Ministry of Agriculture and Fischeries

• Budget 2007 731.6 million primary budget
• including 124 million from contracts 2008 and
  2009 3
• Personnel 8 500 full tenure members (48 are
  women)
• 1830 Researchers, 2430 Engineers, 4250
  Technicians Staff
• 1780 PhD Students / 1900 trainees and 220
  post-doc researchers
• 2 private-held subsidiaries
• INRA Transfert managing 340 licensing contracts
• Agri Obtention managing varieties 511 new
  varieties, 1149 licences

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Chart and organisation
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Matrix Organisation

• Board 5 Scientific Directors,
• 20 Research Centres
• 14 Scientific Divisions
• Human Nutrition
• Plant Biology
• Science and Process Engineering of Agricultural
  Products
• Forest, Grassland and Freshwater Ecology
• Environment Agronomy
• Animal Genetics
• Plant Breeding nd Genetics
• Apllied Mathematics and Informatics
• Microbiology and the Food Chain
• Animal Physiology and Livestock Systems
• Animal Health
• Plant Health and Environment
• Science for Action and Sustainable Development
• Social Sciences, Agriculture and Food, Rural
  Development and Environment

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Resarch and Experimental Organization Facilities

• 234 Research Units
• (147 are Joint Research Units)
• 60 Experimental Units

• Few Figures
• 10 500 hectares
• e.g Vineyard 220 ha
• 2 200 ha natural meadow
• 94 000 animals
• e.g 5 200 Bovines, Poultry 30 000

Conseil dadministration24 mars 2005
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Partnership with Higher Education Institutions

• With Faculties of Agriculture (Grandes Ecoles)
• 79 UMR, among which 41 with Ag. Faculties,
• Membership of 7 Clusters for Life Sciences
  Environmental Sciences Technology.

• With Universities
• 86 Joint Research Units with Universities among
  which 29 are located on University Campus
• 26 are tripartites University Ag. Faculty
  (Gde Ecole)

• Training by Research
• 1150 INRA personnel provide more than 20 500
  teaching hours
• Contribute to Master Degrees and doctoral
  Schools.

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Some Results

• Scientific Publications
• Ranking 1st Européen, 2nd in the World just
  after USDA ARS
• 5,29 for French Scientific Publications

• European Research Area
• European Partnership 23,5 of INRA
  publications
• Coordinating 3 very large projects and
  participation in 144 projects for the 6th FP,
  involved in 6 ERA-net and coordinating 2

• Research Contracts and Patents
• In 2007, 340 licensing contracts
• in 2007, 511 new varieties, 1149 licences on
  varieties

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Main Issues in 2008

• Attractivity
• Young Researcher Charter
• Mobility, Carrier supports.
• Public Research Reform
• ANR National Research Agency upstream proposal
  for new scientific Programs
• AERES Evaluation Agency how to assess mission
  oriented research.
• CNRS, INSERM, Universities

• Strategic Parternship studies
  recommandations
• Internationalisation New Alliance in Europe for
  Ag Research and joint Programing
• Regional Clusters
• Science and Society debates, Citizen Concerns

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New Research Challenges

• Tremendous scientific production
• Datas production and knowledges are far ahead
  the ability to analyse and capacity to integrate
  them
• Challenges to mobilize knowledge datas and in
  global and  system  approach
• Moving Innovation Process
• Multi-task and multi-functions
• Research is no longer the only driven force for
  innovation
• Innovation Process is coming through complex
  interactions within Sciences, Economy and
  Society
• Research Programs and Innovations processes are
  shared by developed and less developed Countries
• Challenge to build a Knowledge Engineering
  Capacity.

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Our Scientific Ambitions

• Succeed Research continuum from Basic to Applied
  and Oriented Research
• Needs for a strong Basic Research inside INRA
  Programs
• Reducing descripting activities to promote
  research on process and systems
• shared facilities and Tech-Transfert with
  stakeholders.

• Promote multidisciplinary and integreted
  approaches
• Develop high throughput tools and modelisation
  on different scales

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Enhance International Position

• Commitments in the Agricultural Research Network
  and Joint Strategy with CIRAD
• French Initiative for International Agricultural
  Research Groupement IFRAI
• Joint Scientific activities.

• International Conference on Agricultural
  Research, Paris June, 3rd

• Partnerships in a long term and common interest
  projects
• Europe, Mediterranean Bassin China, India,
  Brazil,

• Tools
• Collaborative instruments
• Joint programs with partners on balanced and
  competitive basis,
• Capacity to post Scientists abroad
• Permanent Offices China, Brazil, India,
  Méditerranean?....Russia?

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Inside the European Agricultural Research

• Strategic Partnerships
•  Packages 
• Thematics Programmes
• Sharing collections, datas, facilities
• Students and Research Exchanges.

• Policy Exchanges
• Emerging Scientific fields,
• Facilities,
• Working on the 8th FP for Agricultural Research
  inside ERA Alliances and Joint Programing
  SCAR, EURAGRI, ESF,

• Large Impact FP Programs
• Identified by INRA Scientists
• ERA-nets

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INRA / Russia (I)

• Framework Agreements
• Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (RAAS),
  May 2001
• Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), June 2008
• Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)
  April 2008
• Future developments
• Joint call for proposals on 1st November 2008,
• on competitive basis and on balanced
  contribution,
• for
• Joint projects and joint workshops starting and
  organized in 2009,
• Projects has to be
• Excellent,
• Innovative,
• Relevent, and
• Including young scientists Training

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• INRA / Russia (II)
• Support Programs
• French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• ECO-NET Network project
• European
• 7th Framework Program Russia is associate
  member Agreement in 2000 renewed in May 2008
• Specific Program EU-Russia (ex Intas)

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INRA / Russia (III)

• Co-publications
• Source Wos
•  38 papers 2003-2007     Total INRA papers
  2800 / year
• Main Partners 2003-2007 / Nb of papers
• RAS Russian Academy of Science 22
• Inst. Microbilogy, Moscow
• Inst. Biochem Physiol Microorganism, Puschino
• Inst. VA Engelhardt Mol Bio, In
• MV Lomonosov State University 5
• St Petersburg Univ. and Inst. 5
• St Petersbug U.
• ARRIAM
• VIR

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INRA / Russia (IV)

• Russian students and scientists
• 2006 24 5 PhD 12 Post-doc 120 month
• 2005 22 4 PhD 13 Post-doc 141 month
• INRA
• Short visits 24 in 2007 174 DAYS

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• Merci
• Thank You
• Bolchoi Spassiba
• www.inra.fr