Brazil
In Brazil, CIRAD has long-term agreements and joint facilities or networks with its partners. It is working with those partners to study how solutions could be found for farming systems in developing countries and to implement the corresponding programmes. These programmes focus on three topics of mutual interest, on which it is keen to make a long-term commitment.
Research fields
- Advanced biology applied to varietal improvement
- Natural resource management and sustainable development, notably in Amazonia (this topic includes bioenergies, linked to the wood supply chain)
- Territorial development and public support policies for rural areas
A few details
A staff of 25, including a Regional Director. Around ten French PhD and other students.
Student training
The researchers on site provide training for some 30 European and South American PhD students per year, and receive African students and junior researchers (Senegal, Madagascar, etc).
Reception and training of partner researchers
Each year, CIRAD receives some twenty Brazilian researchers in France, in close collaboration with INRA and French universities, particularly in liaison with EMBRAPA's LABEX in Montpellier.