A look back at scientific news in 2020
22/12/2020 - Article
A selection of scientific news from CIRAD and its partners in 2020, a far from ordinary year
The Covid-19 crisis was centre stage
MOOD | Dealing with emerging diseases: rethinking how we monitor global health
Covid-19 | ZooCov, a new project to prevent coronavirus transmission from wildlife to humans
One Health: integrating ecosystem health to boost operational potential
Covid-19 and food security | How African agriculture could hold its own in the face of the crisis
Development
IIABA: accelerating the development of organic agriculture in Africa
Projects
FAIR | The FAIR project is banking on agroecology to boost the resilience of producers in the Sahel
ASSET: towards more sustainable agrifood systems in Southeast Asia
LIDISKI: improving the livelihoods of smallholder livestock farmers in Nigeria
BIOSTAR: supplying sustainable bioenergy to food sector SMEs in the Sahel
Expertise
CoFor-AGB: an exceptional dataset to study carbon stocks in dense rainforests in Africa
Artificial intelligence could predict plant behaviour in the face of climate change
Innovation
"Pointe d’Or", a new 100% organic banana variety by CIRAD
Releasing sterile mosquitoes using commercial drones
Rift Valley fever: a new rapid detection test
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