For the third time, CIRAD has supported a caravan organized by the the Dynamic for an AgroEcological Transition in Senegal ...

Pour la troisième fois, le Cirad a accompagné la caravane de la Dynamique pour une transition agroécologique au Sénégal (DyTAES). Véritable plateforme mobile d’échange, cette caravane sillonne le pays ...

Preventing epidemics requires early detection followed by rapid, effective steps. This means coordinating local communities ...

La prévention des épidémies passe par une détection précoce suivie de réponses rapides et efficaces. Cela implique une ...

Competition for light, changes in soils, hybridization between plants, and so on... Invasive exotic species are one of the main causes of biodiversity loss. To protect against this, it is vital to ...

As part of its long-standing partnership with Zimbabwe, France officially handed over a state-of-the-art Biotechnology Centre to the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) on 21 May 2025. The handover ceremony ...

In the Indian Ocean, agricultural development is often hampered by limited access to healthy seeds or seedlings suited to local agroclimatic conditions. Over four years, the FOOD-SEC Semence project ...

Beans, lentils, soybeans, groundnut and others… legumes include a vast diversity of crop species. In several African countries, they form the basis of many traditional dishes. They have both agronomic ...

Apart from the moral aspect, taking account of gender in research is a sign of the quality of that research. It is also a matter of quality of life for the people doing research. We talk to Magalie ...

Du 10 au 16 février 2025, Éric Jeuffrault, le directeur régional du Cirad à La Réunion, Mayotte et dans l’océan Indien, était en visite à Madagascar dans le cadre des préparatifs de la conférence ...

“Improving rural livelihoods and resilience to climate change in Africa: innovative agroforestry integrating people, trees, crops and livestock” is a new venture that has just been launched in Dakar, ...

Africa cannot be seen merely in terms of poverty and conflict, nor as the new Eldorado promised by the development of an urban middle class. For the UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems, the many ...