See also

Contact

Office of the Director of Research and Strategy
E-mail

Our research

CIRAD's operations encompass the life sciences, social sciences and engineering sciences, applied to agriculture, food and rural territories. From the field to the laboratory, CIRAD works in response to the needs expressed by socio-economic players in developing countries. It builds its research projects in association with its partners.

  • The impact of our research

    How does the research conducted by CIRAD contribute to sustainable development in Southern countries? How to define research for development...

  • Research topics

    Food Security, Climate Change, Biodiversity... CIRAD works to generate knowledge and support agricultural development on the main global issues concerning...

  • Tropical value chains

    Tropical production and processing chains raise research issues that often concern several research units and have prompted many of CIRAD's...

  • Research units

    CIRAD has 33 research units split between three scientific departments.

  • Platforms in partnership for research and training worldwide

    On the strength of its experience of working in some fifty countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific,...

  • Open research resources and infrastructures

    CIRAD is involved in the national and European strategy for developing open scientific infrastructures and resources.