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Tropical value chains (© Delphine Guard-Lavastre/CIRAD)

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
    • Banana and plantain
    • Cocoa
    • Coffee
    • Sugarcane
    • Coconut
    • Cotton
    • Fruit and vegetables
    • Rubber
    • Dairy
    • Oil palm
    • Animal production
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    • Rice
    • Sorghum
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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


  • 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...




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