Supporting research for sustainable agriculture

We are currently working with more than 200 financial partners, who provide 40% of our annual budget and enable us to manage almost 900 projects a year. Our research projects, which encompass six priority topics, are built on values that determine our choices and govern our operations. Sharing, openness, quality research and a commitment to development are the values that allow us to produce, transfer and evolve.

Do you recognize yourself in our approach and want to support agricultural research for development aimed at achieving the sustainable development goals? Contact us so we can work together to tackle the demographic, socioeconomic, environmental, climate and health challenges facing tropical and Mediterranean countries.

Impact culture

Understanding innovation mechanisms better enables a more effective contribution to development. This is why we are committed to studying the impact of our research. The ImpresS method developed to this end serves to analyse projects both before and after their implementation.

Our impact

How does CIRAD's research contribute to sustainable development in tropical and Mediterranean countries? How can we build research operations that optimize its impact on that development?

Strong, diverse partnerships in tropical and Mediterranean countries

CIRAD's longstanding presence on the ground allows it to tailor its projects to beneficiaries' needs. That proximity is partly thanks to our regional offices in tropical and Mediterranean countries, the French overseas regions, and Montpellier, and partly to our many partnerships.

CIRAD worldwide

From our regional offices in tropical and Mediterranean countries, the French overseas regions and Montpellier, we work in partnership with more than 100 countries. In particular, this cooperation takes the form of almost 900 projects each year, of which this map shows a selection. A number of platforms in partnership for research and training – our preferred form of international cooperation – complete this picture of our activities on the ground worldwide.

Our partnerships

Research in partnership is in CIRAD's DNA. Over nigh on a century, it has allowed us to build a unique wealth of relationships, knowledge and expertise. CIRAD is a member of several alliances, serving as a catalyst fror a range of networks, notably the platforms in partnership for research and training (dPs) it launched in 2008.

Our code of conduct: exemplarity

The efficacy of our research and development operations relies on your confidence in us. This is why we are committed to quality, transparency and ethics as regards our choice of partners, governance, and project management methods.

Organization and governance

CIRAD has a staff of 1800, including 800 researchers. It comprises three scientific departments and 29 research units.

Our ethical commitments

For CIRAD, responsible research operations mean rigorous scientific and partnership strategies and practices, to guarantee the integrity of its research and the reliability of its results. In its code of ethics, the organization sets out the ethical standards expected of its employees, with particular emphasis on research for development partnerships and collaboration with the private sector.