Algeria

Water management, transformation of territories and of livestock systems, and restoration of degraded agro-ecosystems are the main fields in which CIRAD works in Algeria. The country's rangelands and farmland, which have seen profound changes and are under severe constraints (environment, climate, population pressure, etc), are also of interest to CIRAD in the light of the new type of rurality that is emerging and as regards its capacity to adapt.

Végétation d'oasis pour contrer l'érosion et l'avancée des sables au sud de l'Algérie. © Cirad — Végétation d'oasis pour contrer l'érosion et l'avancée des sables au sud de l'Algérie. © Cirad
Végétation d'oasis pour contrer l'érosion et l'avancée des sables au sud de l'Algérie. © Cirad

Main research fields

Livestock systems
Agro-pastoralism
Economics of animal production
Training for irrigators
Water management
Date palm architecture modelling
Restoration of degraded (agro)ecosystems

Key figures

9 Expatriate staff members
6 Current projects

Cooperation and partnerships

Principal partners

Mohamed Khider University, Biskra (UMKB)
Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique des Régions Arides (CRSTRA)
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique d’Algérie (INRAA)
Kasdi Merbab Ouargla University, Saharan Bio-Resources Laboratory (UKMO)
École Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie (ENSA)
Laboratoire de recherche sur les zones arides (LRZA)
Oran Es-Senia University (Faculty of Science, Department of Biotechnology) (UOES)
Laboratoire de Biotechnologie des Rhizobium et Amélioration des Plantes (LBRAP)
Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba (UBMA)
Houari Boumediene University (USTHB)