Sustainable development and tropical agri-chains

Sustainable development and tropical agri-chains, Estelle Biénabe, Alain Rival, Denis Loeillet (ed.), Springer, 2017.

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Tropical value chains

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

  • Banana and plantain

    Banana is the third leading tropical fruit crop. With 85% of the bananas produced consumed locally, it plays a major...

  • Cocoa

    3.5 million producers in the South supply 3.5 million tonnes of cocoa, which are primarily consumed in the North...

  • Coffee

    Coffee is the world's leading agricultural resource, in value terms. It is a major source of revenue for more than...

  • Sugarcane

    Sugarcane is grown in more than a hundred countries, by independent farmers and agroindustrial firms...

  • Coconut

    Coconut is primarily grown in the coastal subtropical zones of Asia and Oceania, its region of origin, on small family...

  • Cotton

    How to ensure that the various supply chains coexist: organic, fair trade, genetically modified and traditional cotton, naturally coloured fibres...

  • Fruit and vegetables

    Fruit and vegetables have high nutritional value and added value. However, consumption is still insufficient.

  • Rubber

    Rubber growing accounts for 44% of global elastomer production, on 10 million hectares farmed by millions of smallholders...

  • Dairy

    Is the current agroindustrial boom a threat to the long-term future of the 120 million small-scale livestock farmers worldwide?

  • Oil palm

    Oil palm is the world's leading oil crop, and is of strategic importance for many tropical countries...

  • Animal production

    Satisfying growing demand for animal protein in developing countries is a major challenge for the coming twenty years...

  • Forest resources

    Whether natural or planted, tropical forests play a vital social, economic and ecological role...

  • Rice

    Although rice production is increasing, it may not be sufficient to cover future requirements...

  • Sorghum

    Sorghum is a cereal of the future, suited to many uses, whose diversity has been maintained on a local level...

  • Roots and tubers

    Tropical starchy root crops and tubers - cassava, sweet potato, yam and taro -, or "RTs", play a vital role...