AGAP Competitors

The United States Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres (780,000 km2). Major divisions of the agency include the National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, and the Research and Development branch. The mission of the Forest Service is "To sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations." Its motto is "Caring for the land and serving people." As the lead Federal agency in natural resource conservation, the US Forest Service provides leadership in the protection, management, and use of the Nation’s forest, rangeland, and aquatic ecosystems. The agency's ecosystem approach to management integrates ecological, economic, and social factors to maintain and enhance the quality of the environment to meet current and future needs. Through implementation of land and resource management plans, the agency ensures sustainable ecosystems by restoring and maintaining species diversity and ecological productivity that helps provide recreation, water, timber, minerals, fish, wildlife, wilderness, and aesthetic values for current and future generations of people.

CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future. CGIAR science is dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services. Its research is carried out by 15 CGIAR centers in close collaboration with hundreds of partners, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, development organizations and the private sector. www.cgiar.org Vision: A world free of poverty, hunger and environmental degradation. Mission: We work to advance agricultural science and innovation to enable poor people, especially women, to better nourish their families, and improve productivity and resilience so they can share in economic growth and manage natural resources in the face of climate change and other challenges.

INRAE, l’Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement, est un acteur majeur de la recherche et de l’innovation créé le 1er janvier 2020. Institut de recherche finalisé issu de la fusion entre l’Inra et Irstea, INRAE rassemble une communauté de 12 000 personnes, avec un peu plus de 200 unités de recherche et une quarantaine d’unités expérimentales implantées dans 18 centres sur toute la France. L’institut se positionne parmi les tout premiers leaders mondiaux en sciences agricoles et alimentaires, en sciences du végétal et de l’animal, et se classe 11ème mondial en écologie-environnement. INRAE a pour ambition d’être un acteur clé des transitions nécessaires pour répondre aux grands enjeux mondiaux. Face à l’augmentation de la population, au changement climatique, à la raréfaction des ressources et au déclin de la biodiversité, l’institut construit des solutions pour des agricultures multi-performantes, une alimentation de qualité et une gestion durable des ressources et des écosystèmes. http://jobs.inrae.fr