INRA French National Institute for Agricultural Research | 67,497 followers on LinkedIn. INRA, French National Institute for Agricultural Resaerch is now INRAE | INRAE, the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, created on 1st of January 2020, is a major player in research and innovation. INRAE is a targeted research institute resulting from the merger of INRA and IRSTEA. It is a community of 12,000 people with over 200 research units and about 40 experimental units located in 18 regional centers throughout France.