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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...

Headlines

  • Live on 9 February 2010 from 2 pm (GMT+1hr): the first CIRAD disputation, on the topic of biodiversity

    Arborescent ferns © CIRAD, D. Louppe

    08/02/2010 - Article

    Disputation awarded the "2010, International Year of Biodiversity" label by the French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development, on payments for environmental services. ...

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  • Tackling agricultural issues using the resources offered by biodiversity

    Lontan vegetables, which have hitherto been under-used, have been reintroduced on markets in Réunion. © V. Bonneaud

    12/01/2010 - Article

    To mark the launch of the International Year of Biodiversity, CIRAD has released a video showing ...

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  • CIRAD at the Paris International Agricultural Show: working towards agriculture that is both ecological and intensive

    Nature as a model © CIRAD, N. Le Gall

    02/02/2010 - Press release

    At the 2010 Paris International Agricultural Show (Porte de Versailles) from 27 February to 7 ...

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  • Philippe Feldmann: "Biodiversity is a life insurance policy for humanity"

    Philippe Feldmann, Biodiversity Adviser at CIRAD © Vincent Bonneaud

    29/01/2010 - Article

    In the face of global change, biodiversity is the keystone of development for current and future ...

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  • Senegal: fifteen organizations join forces for a sustainable agricultural research partnership

    Taïb Diouf, ISRA Director General, and Gérard Matheron, CIRAD Director general, in December 2009. © CIRAD, Jean-Luc Khalfaoui

    04/02/2010 - Article

    CIRAD and ISRA have long been partners, and in December 2009, they organized the first meeting ...

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Our scientific priorities

  • Ecological intensification
    Producing more and producing better, while preserving the environment.
  • Biomass energy and societies in the South
    Clean, renewable and economical sources of energy.
  • Accessible, quality food
    Feeding urban and rural areas better.
  • Animal health and emerging diseases
    Monitoring and managing health risks.
  • Public policy, poverty and inequality
    Making agriculture a driving force for development.
  • Agriculture, environment, nature and societies
    Reconciling agricultural production and environmental protection.

Our expertise in the fields of...

Sugarcane, cotton, cocoa, rubber, animal production, etc


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