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INRAE

Also Known As INRAE
National Agricultural Research Institutes

INRAE, the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, was formed on 1 January 2020 from the merger of the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), a public research institute dedicated to agricultural science founded in 1946 under the joint authority of the Ministries of Research and Agriculture, with the National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (IRSTEA).

Facts
Founding Year
2020 1
2020 is when INRAE itself was created by the INRA/IRSTEA merger; the predecessor INRA traces to 1946, carried in the same article and not in dispute, but the atlas entity is the merged INRAE.
Headquarters
Paris, France 1
Classification
Kind
National Agricultural Research Institute 1
Connections

Associated With

Sustainable Agriculture, Concepts

INRAE, formed in 2020 by merging France's national agronomic research institute with its environmental and agricultural engineering research institute, states the sustainable transition of agriculture and food systems as a central strategic mission.

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Sources
1. INRAE (Wikipedia)
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  • opening summary, third sentence
    From 1 January 2020 the INRA merged with the IRSTEA to create the INRAE.
  • infobox, location field
    Paris, France
  • Lead paragraph, merger sentence
    the INRA merged with the IRSTEA to create the INRAE
  • lead description (institution-kind)
    INRAE, the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, was formed on 1 January 2020 from the merger of the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), a public research institute dedicated to agricultural science founded in 1946 under the joint authority of the Ministries of Research and Agriculture, with the National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (IRSTEA).
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