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  • RuralStruc: reinvesting in family farming to facilitate rural change in the South

    To boost incomes, RuralStruc recommends fostering links between town and country by strengthening the role of small towns © CIRAD, B. Losch

    07/02/2012 - Article

    Despite 25 years of liberalization, the structure of the economies of sub-Saharan Africa has ...

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  • In tilapia, sex is all in the mind

    Male tilapia grow faster than females © CIRAD, J.F. Baroiller

    18/01/2012 - Article

    Tilapia breeding is profitable only if it is solely focused on male populations. Hormonal ...

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  • Domestication of banana: linguists and archeologists get in on the act…

    Male Musa balbisiana banana flower © CIRAD, C.Jenny

    09/01/2012 - Press release

    It was a multidisciplinary approach that succeeded in tracing the history of banana, through the ...

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  • Guide technique pour une utilisation énergétique des huiles végétales de la Cedeao

    Guide technique pour une utilisation énergétique des huiles végétales de la Cedeao Sous la direction de Philippe Girard et Joël Blin Ed. L'Harmattan 2011

    03/01/2012 - Article

    A real decision support tool for choosing oil crops specific to sub-Saharan regions. ...

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  • Convincing people of the utility of tropical silviculture

    Tropical forest © CIRAD

    16/12/2011 - Press release

    The knowledge of tropical silviculture acquired over the past century and more is not widely ...

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Questions for...

  • Jean-Pierre Bastié: "RITAs, an appropriate response to the specificities of farming in the French overseas regions"

    Jean-Pierre Bastié, adviser for overseas regions at the Directorate General for Agricultural, Agrifood and Land Use Policy (DGPAAT) at the Ministry of Agriculture, in charge of implementing the decisions made by the Interministerial Committee for Overseas regions (CIOM). © CIRAD, E. Bru

    30/01/2012 - Article

    The first workshop for stakeholders in innovation and agricultural transfer (RITA) networks in ...

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  • Roger Genet: "Finding a place in Europe and on the global stage is a major challenge for AllEnvi »

    Roger Genet, AllEnvi President and Director General of IRSTEA (Institut de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l’environnement et l’agriculture, formerly CEMAGREF) © CIRAD, E. Bru

    08/12/2011 - Article

    There are ever more groups of research organizations in France, with the clear aim of boosting ...

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Institutional

  • CIRAD wishes you a very Happy New Year

    CIRAD wishes you a very Happy New Year Illustration N. Le Gall © CIRAD, 2011

    15/12/2011 - Article

    7 billion inhabitants today, 9 billion in 2050.Let's continue working together for tomorrow's ...

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Coming up

  • CIRAD at the 2012 Paris International Agricultural Show: animal production in the South, at the heart of global issues

    Herd of zebus © CIRAD, P. Dugué

    07/02/2012 - Press release

    CIRAD will be at the 48th Paris International Agricultural Show, from 25 February to 4 March at ...

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  • ICOPE 2012: The environmental and social issues surrounding sustainable oil palm growing

    Young oil palm contour planting with legume cover crops to enrich the soil and for biological control © CIRAD, P. Hornus

    19/01/2012 - Press release

    The third ICOPE (International Conference on Oil Palm and Environment), co-organized by PT Smart ...

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  • BioTrace 2012: towards safer food supplies?

    © Biotrace

    30/01/2012 - Press release

    The students' association BioTrace, in partnership with CIRAD, INRA, the Pôle Qualiméditerranée ...

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Just out

  • Aquaculture microbiology and biotechnology Vol. 2

    Aquaculture microbiology and biotechnology Vol. 2 Coordinated by Didier Montet andt Ramesh C. Ray Science Publishers - CRC Press 2011  (cover)

    01/02/2012 - Article

    This book is the second in a set of two. It covers the post-harvest aspects of aquaculture, the ...

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  • An Introduction to Water Economics and Governance in Southern Africa

    An Introduction to Water Economics and Governance in Southern Africa Stefano Farolfi, Joao Mutondo and Bruno Araujo Imprensa universitaria 2011 (cover, Portuguese version)

    02/02/2012 - Article

    Notes for the course on water economics and governance run by IWEGA (International Centre for ...

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Events

  • From 20/02/2012 to 24/02/2012 - San José, Costa Rica

    4th International Symposium on Banana

    Organized by CorBaNa. With the participation of CIRAD.

    More info on the event website
  • From 22/02/2012 to 24/02/2012 - Bali, Indonesia

    Conserving forest, expanding sustainable palm oil production (ICOPE 2012)

    Third International Conference on Oil Palm and Environment (ICOPE), organized by CIRAD, the WWF and the Smart Research Institute.

    Press release
    Presentation (PDF - 814.31 ko)
  • SIA logo

    From 25/02/2012 to 04/03/2012 - Paris, France

    Paris International Agricultural Show

    With the participation of CIRAD, on the topic of "Animals, at the heart of global agricultural, environmental and food issues".

    More info on the event website
  • 2012 World Water Forum logo

    From 12/03/2012 to 17/03/2012 - Marseille, France

    6th World Water Forum

    With the participation of CIRAD.

    More info on the event website
  • From 20/03/2012 to 24/03/2012 - Bremen, Germany

    International Cotton Conference

    Organized by the Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. and the Bremer Baumwollbörse. With the participation of CIRAD.

    More info on the Bremer Baumwollbörse website
  • From 01/04/2012 to 04/04/2012 - Egham, United Kingdom

    8th International Symposium on Avian Influenza

    Organized by the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA). With the participation of CIRAD.

    More info on the event website
  • ICE 2012 logo

    From 20/05/2012 to 25/05/2012 - Montpellier, France

    13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology

    Coordinated by Agropolis International. Co-organized by CIRAD.

    More info on the event website
  • From 22/05/2012 to 23/05/2012 - Pretoria, South Africa

    Mobility, Migration, Development, Environment

    Within a deliberately broad scientific field, seven partner organizations invite the international scientific community to debate the issues of mobility in the polticial, migration and development debates, looking at the factors that determine mobility and its processes, its role in the sustainability of or changes in systems, and mobility as a link between climate change and human rights.
    With the participation of CIRAD.

    More info on the event website
  • From 27/06/2012 to 29/06/2012 - Bangkok, Thailand

    FAO/OIE Global Conference on Foot and Mouth Disease Control

    With the participation of CIRAD.

    More info on the FAO website
  • From 02/07/2012 to 06/07/2012 - Bari, Italy

    4th Eurosoil International Congress

    With the participation of CIRAD (UMR Eco&Sols), which will be organizing sessions.

    More info on the event website
Events

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