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French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)
Institution
Section overview
Description
CIRAD has chosen sustainable development as the cornerstone of its operations worldwide. This means taking account of the long-term ecological, economic and social consequences of change in developing communities and countries.
CIRAD contributes to development through research and trials, training, dissemination of information, innovation and appraisals. Its expertise spans the life sciences, human sciences and engineering sciences and their application to agriculture and food, natural resource management and society.
Activities
- Research
Coordinated projects
- Assessment of the impacts of non-tariff measures - NTM on the competitiveness of the EU and selected trade partners (NTM-IMPACT)
- Conservation Agriculture in AFRICA: Analysing and FoReseeing its Impact - Comprehending its Adoption (CA2AFRICA)
- KASSA - Knowledge Assessment and Sharing on Sustainable Agriculture
- Sweet Sorghum : an alternative energy crop (SWEETFUEL)
Coordinated collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
- Co-design of novel contract models for innovative agri-environmental-climate measures and for valorisation of environmental public goods
- Developing rice and sorghum crop adaptation strategies for climate change in vulnerable environments in Africa - RISOCAS (CLIMATE CHANGE)
- Enhancements of pest risk analysis techniques (PRATIQUE)
- EU-based production and exploitation of alternative rubber and latex sources (EU-PEARLS)
- International network for capacity building for the control of emerging viral vector borne zoonotic diseases (ARBO-ZOONET)
Contact
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
(CIRAD)
42, rue Scheffer
75116 Paris
France
France
Phone: +33 (0)1 53 70 20 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 47 55 15 30
