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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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• 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 Joint Research Centre, has assessed the potential impact on primates of the expansion of oil palm cultivation in Africa. The authors of the study combined information on land suitability for oil palm ...

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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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• The bark side of the force

  

  06/08/2018 - Science

  What forces enable trees to stand upright? To grow straight, plants need a motor system that ...

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• Peste des petits ruminants: a model for use in eradicating the disease

  

  30/07/2018 - Science

  After rinderpest, it is peste des petits ruminants that the OIE and FAO want to eradicate by ...

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• Food security and agriculture: women in Africa are making themselves heard

  

  27/07/2018 - Event

  In the light of galloping malnutrition despite increased food production, all eyes are now ...

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• Research assessment: CIRAD is banking on the quality of scientific content rather than on impact factor

  

  25/07/2018 - Institutional

  On 3 July 2018, CIRAD signed the San Francisco declaration on research assessment (DORA). The ...

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• The highly complex sugarcane genome has finally been sequenced

  

  10/07/2018 - Science

  Sugarcane was the last major cultivated plant to have its genome sequenced. This was because of ...

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• Round 2 for the French animal health epidemiological surveillance platform

  

  12/07/2018 - Science

  The French animal health epidemiological surveillance platform (ESA) has been boosted by the ...

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• Innovation et développement dans les systèmes agricoles et alimentaires

  

  28/06/2018 - Just out

  A book looking at innovation within agricultural and food systems. It particularly highlights ...

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