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CIRAD

The French agricultural research and international cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions.

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• Forest carbon stocks have been overestimated for 50 years

  

  16/10/2018 - Science

  A formula used to calculate basic wood density has recently been corrected. Basic density is widely used to compute carbon storage by trees. Researchers estimate that the error in the initial formula resulted in an overestimation of forest carbon stocks, to the tune of almost 5%. These results ...

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• Climate-smart agriculture, agroecology and soil carbon: towards winning combinations

  

  05/10/2018 - Just out

  Climate changement raises new issues for agriculture, which has to adapt to and attempt to ...

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• Land Use and Food Security in 2050: a Narrow Road

  

  15/10/2018 - Just out

  How can we best use land to ensure food and nutritional security for all? It will ba a hard, ...

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• Food innovation | A showroom for agrifood firms at CIRAD Montpellier

  

  04/10/2018 - Event

  The CIRAD agrifood technology platform in Montpellier is being officially opened on Monday 8 ...

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• Sahel Alliance: CIRAD and African agricultural research institutions are stepping up their development efforts

  

  21/09/2018 - Institutional

  CIRAD and the national agricultural research institutions of the Sahel countries signed the ...

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• François Roger: "If African swine fever were to become established, the Chinese pig population would be an unprecedented reservoir!"

  

  12/09/2018 - Questions for...

  African swine fever (ASF) has been seen in Chinese pigs since early August. The epidemic reeks ...

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• The many challenges involved in restoring forest landscapes in Africa

  

  19/09/2018 - Science

  The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative, AFR100, was launched three years ago. A ...

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• World Congress on Agroforestry, in Europe for the first time

  

  06/09/2018 - Event

  Agroforestry: strengthening links between science, society and public policy. This is the topic ...

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• There can be no sustainable development without profound changes in food systems

  

  08/08/2018 - Science

  Food systems are situated at the crossroads between the many issues and contradictions ...

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