A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T TETRAPARTITE 2008 French country report Research towards sustainable agricultures Marion Guillou

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T French policy: towards strong autonomous universities  Regulation, 18 April 2006  Clusters of excellence (PRES, RTRA)  National agency for performance evaluation (AERES)  Reinforces the national research agency (ANR)  Regulation 7 August 2006  Graduate schools, formalization by contract open to research institutes  Regulation 10 August 2007  Universities’ autonomy  “Campus’ initiative  May 2008  Reshaping of research institutes  On-going

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T French policy: sustainable development as a priority  Ministry of ecology, energy, sustainable development and area development  One minister, 4 secretaries  Transportation  Ecology  Development of capital region  Town and country planning  5 main missions :  Areas and habitats;  Energy and climate;  Sustainable development;  Risk prevention;  Infrastructures (transportations & see)  Grenelle de l’environnement to shape the French environmental policy

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T French policy: food before agriculture  Importance of the food chain  Reform of the administration  Impact of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T INRA Budget and activities Total budget: M€ for 2008 (+2.2 % vs. 2007) 80% from the national research budget 1,800 scientists; 2,400 research assistants; 4,200 technicians 1,700 PhD students 1,000 scientists coming from partner organizations more than 1,200 international visiting fellows / year

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T INRA in the new French research landscape  AERES  Evaluation of the laboratories in 2008  Institute in 2009  Definition of performance criteria specific to targeted research  ANR  Proposals for programs and foresights  Attractivity  Larger dissemination of the positions  Evolution of the recruitment procedures  On-going mobility and career diversity  On-going training and salary conditions of the managers

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T How to improve partnership and social implication ?  Collective expertises  Partnership as a basis for orientation  Partnership “mission”  Evolution of the scientific council of the research centers  Foresight studies  CAP 2013  « Agrimonde »  Novel ruralities  New « rendez vous »  Carrefours de l’Innovation agronomique every 6 months on a specific application

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T How to reinforce our international anchoring  Involvement in world agriculture research with CIRAD  Common organization: French Initiative for International Agriculture Research  Common scientific actions (animal health, forests, horticulture)  International symposium 3rd June, Paris  Development of founding partnership  Ways and m eans  Cooperation Packages: balanced contribution to launch calls  Permanent representations: India, Brazil, China  Beyond bilateral projects: European projects (Era-net Arimnet; Metahit)

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T Impact of the strategic orientations f % of the publications

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T Developments and issues  Reinforcement on specific issues  Biomass for bioenergy and green chemistry  Innovative farming systems  Human nutrition  Water management  Global change  Grenelle de l ’ environnement  “ CAP environnement ” initiative, application of the results  Presentations at the scientific councils of the departments, questionnaire => proposals  Adaptation to global change  Infrastructures for observations and experimentation on continental ecosystems  Integrated productions  Trademarks for production systems  Agriculture and biodiversity  Plant biotechnologies

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T Developments and issues  Internationalization  Attractiveness  Balance between capacity building and competitive projects  Towards a greater specialization of our regional research centers  Research and higher education: cross fertilization

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T Marion Guillou, Chair and chief executive officer Guy Riba, Deputy General Director Xavier Leverve, Scientific Director for Human Nutrition and Food Safety Michel Dodet, Vice President Bernard Chapentier, Director of International Affairs Muriel Mambrini, Adviser Benoît Fauconneau, President of Bordeaux Research Centre Laurence Garmendia, Vice head of Plant and plant productions department in charge of partnership Wanda Fasoli, Foreign Visitors and Congress, International affairs INRA Team Delegation: To welcome you:

A L I M E N T A T I O N A G R I C U L T U R E E N V I R O N N E M E N T Thank you for your attention