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INRAE publishes its 2021 Annual Report
In his editorial, Philippe Mauguin, Chair and CEO of INRAE, shines a spotlight on our Institute's dedicated community.
Published on 12 September 2022
“We perform targeted research, and our institute is a global leader in the agricultural, food, and environmental sciences. Consequently, stakes and expectations are high. The 12,000 members of the INRAE community dedicate themselves daily to confronting the world's greatest challenges. Their scientific solutions and advances help promote multiperformance agriculture, produce high-quality food, and sustainably manage resources and ecosystems on a global scale.
To help our staff take on this weighty responsibility while optimising our human and financial resources, I have been working with the institute's management team to rapidly launch INRAE 2030, a roadmap that defines our major scientific and policy priorities. We have drawn up action plans that stretch onwards from 2021. They are focused on improving innovation, open science practices, scientific data, European and international partnerships, the management of human resources, higher education and training, communication, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Indeed, we have created a dedicated department to help us achieve our CSR objectives, which places INRAE in the vanguard among French research institutions. Thanks to the intense reflection and exchanges coordinated by our division heads, we have formulated 14 new division-specific strategic plans in our scientific fields of expertise. The overarching objective is to concretely translate our major scientific priorities, reinforce interdisciplinarity in our work, and schedule our actions in order of priority over the next five years.
I would also like to shine the spotlight on our successful innovations, starting with our nasal vaccine against COVID-19, which is currently in clinical trials. Additionally, we launched six start-ups focused on nutrition, ecotoxicology, soil health, and seed optimisation; established five associated partnership laboratories with technical institutes, SMEs, or start-ups; and obtained accreditation for a fifth Carnot Institute.”