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Event • 24 May 2023

30 years of partnership in Zimbabwe: innovation to benefit the resilience of rural populations

Climate

Field experimentation for varietal improvement of sorghum. © Cirad

Event • 23 May 2023

The scientific and agricultural communities are looking at sorghum as a way to address drought

Territory-based approaches

Testing the PixFruit digital solution in a mango field in Côte d'Ivoire © J.-M. Koffi, CNRA

Results & impact • 22 May 2023

A tool to rapidly estimate tropical fruit crop yields

Science at work • 16 May 2023

Might the future of local organic farming in Africa lie in participatory certification?

Results & impact • 11 May 2023

Using urine to make sub-Saharan city region food systems more sustainable

Food systems

Releasing grain stocks at the end of the inventory credit period prior to the lean season in the village of Magnimasso, Mouhoun, Burkina Faso © T. Le Cotty, CIRAD

Just out • 10 May 2023

Storing a portion of harvested grain in exchange for a loan: the advantages of inventory credit in the Sahel

Groundnut plot in Ndiob, Senegal, where the legume is often grown in rotation with millet or sorghum © R. Belmin, CIRAD

Call to action • 28 April 2023

Food security in Africa: growing legumes to reduce the need for mineral fertilizers?

Mechanical weeding of cowpeas using animal draught under a wooded park, Koumbia, Burkina Faso, 2011 © E. Vall, CIRAD

Science at work • 26 April 2023

Agroecological practices are widely used by African farmers

Coming up

Harare, Zimbabwe • 24 May 2023 - 26 May 2023

CIRAD celebrates 30 years of work and partnerships in Zimbabwe

In 1993, CIRAD began working in Zimbabwe, in Masvingo province. In 1996, it implemented the first FFEM project, aimed at conserving biodiversity and improving community livelihoods in the Mid-Zambezi Valley. Things have come a long way since! A rich programme of events is planned for this 30th anniversary.

Montpellier, France • 5 June 2023 - 9 June 2023

Sorghum in the 21st Century: Resiliency and Sustainability in the Face of Climate Change

From 5 to 9 June 2023, Montpellier will be hosting the second World Conference on Sorghum in the 21st Century. Event co-organized by CIRAD.

Can Tho, Vietnam • 26 July 2023 - 28 July 2023

International Conference on Bioprotection for Sustainable Agriculture

International Conference organized by five universities in Vietnam, in partnership with CIRAD.

Hanoi, Vietnam • 11 September 2023 - 14 September 2023

29th ASIC Conference

The 29th ASIC Conference on Coffee Science will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam. With the participation of CIRAD.

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