Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research

Historical

The Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research of Burkina Faso (INERA) is one of the four specialized institutes of the National Center for Scientific and Technological Research (CNRST). It is in charge of agricultural and environmental studies and research. Its history can be summarized as follows:

• 1960-1978: Research activities are carried out by the French institutes IRAT, IRCT, IRHO, CTFT,
• 1978: Creation of the Agronomic Research Institute (IRA);
• 1981: Creation of the Voltaic Institute for Agronomic and Zootechnical Research (IVRAZ) and the Institute for Research in Biology and Tropical Ecology (IRBET);
• 1988: IVRAZ becomes Institute of Agricultural Studies and Research (INERA);
• 1996: Creation of the Institute for the Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA) from the merger of the Institute for Agricultural Studies and Research and the Institute for Research in Biology and Tropical Ecology.

Missions and attributions

• serve as a framework for programming and implementing research programs in the agricultural and environmental fields;

• provide researchers with the supervision and support necessary for their work;
• provide researchers with the opportunities necessary for their promotion;
• contribute to the information and training of researchers, support and support staff, students and producers;
• serve as a framework of expertise;
• promoting research results;
• create Production Units;
• produce and market research products;
• promote research oriented towards the sustainable management of natural resources;
• provide technical support for agricultural, environmental and forestry development, including through studies and project implementation monitoring;
• decentralize and regionalize agricultural, environmental and forestry research with the aim of bringing research closer to its users and promoting optimal development of regional agricultural, environmental and forestry potential;
• ensure the link between research and development, including the transfer of technologies and innovations to users.