The Institute ANNUAL REPORT 2014 INRA 2014 KEY FIGURES 2014 2nd INRA’s global ranking for the 8290 permanent staff, Budget: €880.71m number of citations received including 50.7 % women in agricultural sciences 2 framework agreements signed with French research 1840 186 research units organisations (IGN, permanent researchers & 49 experimental units AgroParisTech) 3 new framework agreements signed with French regional 2552 trainees 13 scientific divisions organisations & 510 PhD students with funding & 8 metaprogrammes 6 new framework agreements signed with higher education institutions 17 360 patents owned research centres including 67 new patents filed 20 French Stimulus Initiative projects coordinated 14 27 new software programs new plant varieties & patented databases INRA 2014 CONTENTS 6 EDITORIAL By François Houllier, President 8 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS 10 PANORAMA 2014 12 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS 30 MISSIONS & PARTNERSHIPS INRA 2014 EDITORIAL groecology and multiperformance University of Paris–Saclay, where INRA chose Sharing agriculture have, since 2010, been two to be a member of the university and institutional A of INRA’s scientific priorities. Article 1 collective, which was formally established at the of France’s Law 2014 1107 of 13 October 2014 end of 2014. our vision of agricultural on the Future of Agriculture, Food, and Forests highlights the convergence of these two issues. Also in 2014, we saw considerable change within research The challenge is to use our understanding of the governing bodies of the Institute. Nine agroecosystems to develop high-performance of the eleven members appointed to the Board production systems with improved economic, of Directors are new. Elections for the Scientific health, environmental, and social capacities. Advisory Board, the Technical Committee, and To this end and following the Agroecology and the joint committees all drew high levels of By François Houllier, Research Symposium held in 2013, we took participation worthy of mention. Two large-scale President time to reflect openly on the role of modelling projects also moved forward: the “Partnership and in agroecology. In partnership with CIRAD, we Transfer for Innovation” project, demonstrating also contributed to the International Symposium INRA’s desire to increase its contribution to on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition innovation; and the revision of the 1999 organised by the FAO in Rome in September 2014. Management Charter, which was discussed with unit directors at three interregional meetings. The Law on the Future of Agriculture also sets out the need to support research, innovation, and Behind the scenes, 2014 was also a year spent development and provides for the creation of the preparing for France’s agricultural research French Institute for Agronomy, Veterinary Science, contribution to two major international events and Forestry (IAV2F). This cooperative institute will in 2015: Expo Milano 2015, the first international take over and expand the work of the Agreenium exhibition devoted to food issues; and the 21st consortium established in 2009. Over the course Session of the Conference of the Parties to the of the past year, we have been preparing for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate transition, which came into effect as this editorial Change, otherwise known as “Paris 2015”. was being drafted in early April 2015. INRA chose to work closely with its AllEnvi alliance partners for both events. Across France, we have also pursued a programme to develop shared sites that respect the individual INRA teams completed, pursued, or launched identities and the missions of the partner numerous other projects in 2014, both institutions involved. INRA is an active and in France and France’s overseas territories, committed partner in nearly all the university as well as in Europe, across the Mediterranean, consortia that were constituted as a part of and internationally. I hope that this Annual France’s Law 2013-660 of 22 July 2013 on Higher Report may reflect their creativity and their Education and Research. The sole exception is the commitment. 7 Annual Report The Institute Annual Report The Institute INRA 2014 PRESENTATION 4069 publications 18% of publications in 2014 are open access The number of publications has The percentage share of publications increased regularly since 2005, available in open access journals with an average annual increase (Gold Open Access) is growing of 3.6%. For two years, Web of steadily, and now stands at more Science™ reports that the estimated than 18%. The number one journal the number of publications now chosen by INRA researchers for their surpasses 4,000. publications, PLOS ONE, is open access (more than 7% of publications each year). Number of INRA publications per year and share of open access publications in the WoS™ between 2005 and 2014 * WoS™database accessed on 17 February 2015 Scientific publications * partial year WoS™ Thomson Reuters data – INRA processing February 2015 No. of publications No. of publications Percentage INRA’s international and French rankings in the top 1% of the most cited institutions ESISM data and processing – Publications between 1 January 2014 and 31 August 2014 – Updated 1 November 2014 Ranking Field of study By number of citations received By number of publications* 2nd/696 Agronomy 1 2 1 organisations 4th/1036 Plant and animal biology 2 4 2 organisations 20th/370 Microbiology 4 12 3 organisations 23th/707 Environment/Ecology 2 18 2 organisations * Rankings according to the number of publications. Because the ESI establishes rankings based on the number of citations, organisations that are more productive but whose publications are cited less may be excluded from these rankings. Account for such incidence is not possible. Annual Report The Institute 9 Annual Report The Institute INRA 2014 PRESENTATION Panorama 20 March: CGSP and INRA organise the first 3 July: ASIRPA report published as a part of 29 September:“On and For Regional 2014 of two meetings on organic agriculture research. a symposium organised by AllEnvi and OPECST Development” (PSDR4) programme launched The second meeting was held on 15 April. (see p. 98) (see p. 82) The meetings were followed by a cycle of three JANUARY seminars conducted in Autumn 2014 (see p. 42) 3 July: presentation of scientific experts’ OCTOBER 1 January: creation of the Genetics, Physiology, report (ESCO-MAFOR) on the agricultural and 10 October: framework cooperation agreement and Livestock Systems Unit (GENPHYSE) APRIL environmental effects of fertilizing residual signed with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural 16 April: inauguration of the Experimental Unit materials (livestock manure, compost, sludge) Sciences (CAAS) in Beijing (see p. 69) 16 January: President of Leibniz University for Finfish Farming – Monts d’Arrée (PEIMA) (see p. 40) Hannover (Germany) visits INRA in Sizun, Brittany (see p. 60) 15 October: new research facilities in food and 8 July: multiyear partnership agreement signed health open at Jouy-en-Josas (MICALIS, Xavier 20 January: François Houllier, INRA president, MAY with the regional government of France’s Centre Leverve Building) (see p. 34) accompanies French president, François IFCE and INRA announce the birth of four foals region (see p. 63) 20 January 22 February Hollande, to the Netherlands (see p. 66) produced using transferred, genotyped, 31 October: France–Maghreb seminar held and cryopreserved embryos, a first in Europe 8 July: new soil science research facility, in Tunisia (see p. 70) 21 January: the INRA study How Can French the only one of its kind in Europe, opens at INRA Agriculture Contribute to Reducing Greenhouse 7 May: the Board of Directors approves the Loire Valley’s research centre in Ardon, NOVEMBER Gas Emissions?, published in 2013, is presented definitive version of the Statues of the Paris– near Orléans (see p. 58) 3 November: François Houllier, INRA president, to a number of international organisations Saclay University Group, establishing the “Paris– accompanies French president, François (FAO, OECD) and to the European Parliament Saclay Campus” scientific cooperative (see p. 32) 9 July: launch of new equipment for the dairy Hollande, to Canada (see p. 66) (see p. 45) cattle facility at the Pin-au-Haras research 14 May: the Colmar Court of Appeal acquits station (see p. 61) 4 November: new greenhouse and growth 21 January: INRA and CIRAD strengthen their 54 people convicted of destroying an INRA chamber facilities open at INRA’s site in Angers collaboration with the Institute for Advanced non commercial GMO crop trial in August 2010 10 July: INRA welcomes a delegation from Agricultural Research and Studies (IRESA) BBSRC led by Jackie Hunter, the organisation’s 5 November: Ninth INRA Awards (see p. 14) March 16 April 16 May in Tunisia 15 and 16 May: first International Symposium new chief executive (see p. 69) Publication of Vol. 2 of the on Microgenomics 2014 (see p. 73) 19 November: INRA celebrates 10 years 5th IPCC Assessment Report FEBRUARY 11 July: opening of the Wood–Engineering– of organic agriculture research at Mirecourt 3 February: framework partnership agreement 16 May: new UNCEIA phenotyping facility Structure technological centre at the Institute research station (see p. 85) signed with the FAO in Rome inaugurated at the INRA Loire Valley research of Mechanics and Engineering (I2M); opening centre (see p. 77) of the Xyloforest EQUIPEX (see p. 78) DECEMBER 4 February: launch of the Agricultural Research 1–5 December: the