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Institut de recherche agricole pour le développement
(Irad), Cameroun
Central Africa
CIRAD has been building national and inter-regional partnerships in central Africa for more than 50 years, and continues to be actively involved in building research and scientific debating capacity. Managing natural resources in dry grassland and forest zones sustainably is a major factor in alleviating poverty and is one of the policy priorities for the region.
Countries in which CIRAD works
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Nigeria
- São Tomé & Principe
Research fields
- Improvement of tree crop-based agroforestry systems
- Cotton cropping systems and agro-ecosystem sustainability in grassland zones
- Rational management of planted and natural forest socio-ecosystems in the Congo Basin
- Improvement of banana and plantain cropping systems
- Ecological intensification of terrestrial aquaculture systems
- Food security and safety (horticulture)
- Animal health
A few details
A staff of 36 in the region: 17 researchers and four national administrative staff members in Cameroon, six in Congo, three in Gabon, three in Chad, one in the Central African Republic, one in the Democratic Republic of Congo and one at the French Embassy in Nigeria.