Asie du Sud-Est insulaire

  • Southeast Asian islands

    Helping island societies and ecosystems adapt to climate change, ensuring food security, managing biodiversity and tree crops...

  • Continental Southeast Asia

    Supporting rubber growing, aquaculture and periurban agriculture, which provide many small-scale producers with an income, helping farmers adapt to markets and emerging animal diseases...

  • Other LAC regions

    Designing high-yielding, environmentally friendly farming and agroforestry systems, developing methods and tools suitable for small-scale producers, improving product quality and food safety...

  • Continental West Africa

    Food and energy security is a priority in this region, given the impact of climate change and population growth...

  • Coastal West Africa

    Using diversified agricultural development to guarantee food security for local populations, preserving natural resources against degradation...

  • East and southern Africa

    Supporting public policy for sustainable farming system management, fostering quality in animal production and animal health...

  • Central Africa

    Managing natural resources in dry grasslands and forest zones is a regional priority and a major issue for sustainable development...

  • Réunion and Mayotte

    CIRAD provides support in terms of managing territories with strong constraints, and emerging animal and plant diseases: risks, sanitary and environmental impact, multi-species cropping systems, genetic diversity...

  • Madagascar

    Managing the exceptional biodiversity found in Madagascar and developing upland rice growing systems suitable for the highlands...

  • Mediterranean

    Managing water requirements and controlling emerging diseases in a context of increasing pressure resulting from climate change and urbanization...

  • Languedoc-Roussillon

    In Montpellier, CIRAD has built a research centre with an international vocation: specialist laboratories and equipment and facilities for receiving, training and teaching students with a view to development in the South...

  • Île-de-France

    CIRAD’s head office is in Paris. The Jardin tropical campus is home to scientific and university teams and NGOs working on sustainable development, globalization and North-South relations...

  • Brazil

    Supporting low environmental impact farming practices in Amazonia, developing dynamic, reactive varietal creation operations, developing support policies for rural areas...

  • West Indies-French Guiana

    Biodiversity and the environment are major local issues, with research on “clean” bananas and multi-species cropping systems, a regional animal disease surveillance network, a natural forest observation system and biological resource centres...

CIRAD

A French research centre working with developing countries to tackle international agricultural and development issues

A global network of partners. Joint operations with more than 90 countries. A staff of 1800, including 800 researchers. 800 researchers and technicians trained in France and abroad each year...

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