Contact
François Monicat
Regional Director for Madagascar and IOC Countries
Antananarivo, Madagascar
E-mail
Madagascar
In Madagascar, CIRAD is working with the main institutions, universities and development players to manage biodiversity and develop upland rice cropping systems suited to the highlands. It is also tackling regional issues such as food safety, emerging animal diseases and territorial development in the Indian Ocean .
Countries in which CIRAD is working
- Comoros
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Seychelles
Research fields
- Forests and biodiversity
- Sustainable rice cropping systems
- Agro-ecology
- Fruit, vegetable and spice sanitary quality
- Territorial development
- Animal health
A few details
Around twenty researchers assigned to the main island of Madagascar. A commitment to training researchers: 30 theses supervised or co-supervised, 250 hours of teaching provided per year at the University of Antananarivo, 200 Madagascan and French students trained since 2003. Experimental and application trials.