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Working together for tomorrow’s agriculture. Meeting the challenges of global issues. From feeding 7 billion people today to preparing for 9 billion by 2050. CIRAD generates knowledge and capacity for agricultural and rural development, with expertise in tropical commodity chains. Research areas include biological systems, tropical production, processing, and environmental sustainability. Training programs nurture future talents by linking research and higher education, with hundreds of researchers, technicians, and PhD students benefiting annually. Learn more at http://www.cirad.fr/en
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Workingtogether for tomorrow’s agriculture http://www.cirad.fr/en
Meeting the challenges of global issues • From 7 billion people needing to befedtoday… • … to 9 billion by 2050 • Population growthconcentrated in the South, in large cities • CIRAD generatesknowledge and helpsbuilding capacity, in support of agricultural and rural development • Withspecificexperience of tropical commoditychains
Research on the appropriate scale Three research fields • Biological systems Understanding biological systems, from molecule to ecosystem • Tropical production and processing systems Analysing farming practices and farming system performance, from plot to farm level • Environments and societies Supporting players in rural areas, from a local to a global scale
Training the talents of the future:the need to link researchand higher education 800 researchers and techniciansreceived and trainedeachyear More than 300 PhD students supervised each year, 60 % of them from the South International Masters courses run with grandes écoles and universities