Institut national de la recherche agronomique
Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA, National Institute for Agronomic Research ) is part of the French research landscape, which consists of a few large units, which are named with acronyms and specialized in specific areas of expertise.
INRA was founded as his siblings CNRS, INSERM, INRIA and CEA shortly after the Second World War, specializing in biological questions with applicability in agriculture. With approximately 8400 employees, of which 1800 scientists, 2500 engineers, technicians and administrative staff as well as 4100 1800 PhD students and about 1,000 foreign exchange students and researchers, it is for publications the world's second largest organization for agronomic issues and the largest in Europe.
The budget was about 700 million euros in 2008.
Locations of INRA are located in all French departments and most major cities, but especially in: