Sustainable development and tropical agri-chains, Estelle Biénabe, Alain Rival, Denis Loeillet (ed.), Springer, 2017.
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 is the third leading tropical fruit crop. With 85% of the bananas produced consumed locally, it plays a major...
3.5 million producers in the South supply 3.5 million tonnes of cocoa, which are primarily consumed in the North...
Coffee is the world's leading agricultural resource, in value terms. It is a major source of revenue for more than...
Sugarcane is grown in more than a hundred countries, by independent farmers and agroindustrial firms...
Coconut is primarily grown in the coastal subtropical zones of Asia and Oceania, its region of origin, on small family...
How to ensure that the various supply chains coexist: organic, fair trade, genetically modified and traditional cotton, naturally coloured fibres...
Fruit and vegetables have high nutritional value and added value. However, consumption is still insufficient.
Rubber growing accounts for 44% of global elastomer production, on 10 million hectares farmed by millions of smallholders...
Oil palm is the world's leading oil crop, and is of strategic importance for many tropical countries...
Satisfying growing demand for animal protein in developing countries is a major challenge for the coming twenty years...
Whether natural or planted, tropical forests play a vital social, economic and ecological role...
Although rice production is increasing, it may not be sufficient to cover future requirements...
Sorghum is a cereal of the future, suited to many uses, whose diversity has been maintained on a local level...