Contact

Jacques Lançon
CIRAD Regional Director
Nairobi, Kenya
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Emmanuel Torquebiau
CIRAD Correspondent
CIRAD / Centre For Environmental Studies (CFES),
Geography building 2-1.1,
University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa
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Michel de Garine-Wichatitski
CIRAD Correspondent
Harare, Zimbabwe
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East and Southern Africa

In East and southern Africa, CIRAD and its partners are working to support public policy, design tools and methods for managing agrosystems and the environment sustainably, and boost agricultural product quality and animal health, in relation with human health.

Countries in which CIRAD works

  • South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe (75% of operations)
  • Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania
  • Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia

Research fields

  • Public policy and governance
  • Geographical indications (GIs), product quality and market access
  • Agricultural innovation and local know-how
  • Ecosystem functioning and biodiversity management on the fringes of protected areas
  • Agroforestry and conservation agriculture
  • Animal health, environment and sanitary risks
  • Pest and disease management and horticulture
  • Agro-ecology and soil fertility
  • Animal farming and production systems
  • Water governance

A few details

Around twenty researchers, including 15 in southern Africa. Almost twenty PhD and thirty Masters students and African and French engineering students received each year. More than thirty research projects. Some 1000 days of missions per year, by researchers from mainland France or Réunion.