Antelope in Pendjari National Park at the start of the rainy season, Benin P. Marnotte © CIRAD

Actualités : Afrique de l’Ouest – Forêt et savane humide

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Women belonging to the national association of women farmers in Benin (ANaF) © FiSeLAE project

Science at work 9 March 2026

From field to laboratory, portraits of women who make farming what it is

Mr. Ambroise N’Koh’s cocoa plantation, a proponent of agroforestry and biological pest control, and named the world’s best cocoa producer in 2019 at the Paris Chocolate Show. Azaguié, Ivory Coast © Régis Babin

3 March 2026

Agroforestry systems and more diversified agricultural landscapes to address cocoa Swollen Shoot disease

Long-term field experiment on integrated soil fertility management in western Kenya (Sidada, Siaya District). No-input treatments are shown in the foreground, while different levels of soil fertility management are visible in the background and on the right © A. Couëdel, CIRAD

Just out 3 February 2026

In sub-Saharan Africa, soil degradation threatens maize yields as much as climate change

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Cocoa cultivation © Cirad

2 February 2026

Tree selection and forest cover management for agroforestry at the heart of sustainable cocoa farming

Herd of cattle at a borehole

Expert view 23 January 2026

Combating animal trypanosomosis in sub-Saharan Africa

The Franco-Ivorian team based their work on a study of 150 Ivorian cocoa plantings, to assess the services provided by the trees in cocoa plantings © Imagéo/Cocoa4Future

Just out 20 January 2026

Rethinking cocoa agroforestry: managing existing trees better