Ranked the number one agricultural institute in Europe and number two in the world, INRA carries out mission-oriented research for high-quality and healthy foods, competitive and sustainable agriculture and a preserved and valorised environment.

Our research is guided by developments in scientific fields and focuses on worldwide challenges related to food and nutrition, the environment and land use facing the world of agriculture and agronomics today. Challenges such as climate change, human nutrition, competition between food and non-food crops, the exhaustion of fossil resources and appropriate land management put agronomists in a position to generate compatible economic, social and environmental development. INRA produces fundamental knowledge that leads to innovation and know-how for society. INRA lends its expertise to public decision-making.

One of the titles published by INRA

Le sol
  Le sol
Soils
Pierre Stengel, Laurent Bruckler, Jérôme Balesdent
Edition 2009
This book summarizes current knowledge of soils, looking at soil types and composition, ecological functioning, and management. It is highly informative, richly illustrated with drawings and photographs, and accessible to a broad readership.



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