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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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• Eucalyptus 2018: plantation managers and researchers are working to deal with climate change

  

  17/09/2018 - Event

  Commercial eucalyptus plantations cover some 20 million hectares in a hundred or so countries, and primarily serve to produce paper, while smallholder plantings produce firewood*. However, they are now suffering the effects of climate change. Some 225 scientists and managers from around thirty ...

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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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• 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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• Japanese encephalitis also affects urban areas

  

  24/08/2018 - Science

  Several research results have recently disproved the theory that Japanese encephalitis is ...

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• AQUA 2018 | Sustainable fish farming: improving feed efficiency in tilapia

  

  23/08/2018 - Science

  Optimising fish feed is the best way of reducing the economic and environmental costs of ...

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• AQUA 2018 | Agroecology to meet the challenge of sustainable aquaculture

  

  23/08/2018 - Event

  At AQUA 2018, the world aquaculture congress to be held for the first time in Montpellier from ...

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• AQUA 2018 | Phytotherapy in aquaculture to reduce the use of antibiotics

  

  27/08/2018 - Science

  Scientists at CIRAD and IRD are testing the use of medicinal plants as an alternative to ...

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• Oil palm: few areas in Africa reconcile high yields and primate protection

  

  14/08/2018 - Science

  An international research team, including scientists from CIRAD and the European Commission ...

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