Silvo-pastoral zone during the dry season, Ferlo, Senegal © S. Taugourdeau, CIRAD

News : West Africa - Dry Zone

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Biochar was already used in the Amazon more than 2000 years ago. It is now being rediscovered as a lever for mitigating climate change © L. J. Parra Serrano, UFMA

Science at work 6 May 2024

Energy, carbon capture and soil restoration: is biochar a miracle product?

The Senegal River valley, in the Northwest of the country, is home to a large number of agricultural activities. The region is strategically important both for development and food security, and has always been the target of investments, with significant political and financial consequences © J. Bourgoin, CIRAD

Expert view 25 April 2024

Rural development that will not leave anyone by the roadside: the Senegal River delta

Territory-based approaches

A conference organized at the 2024 Paris International Agricultural Show by CIRAD and AFD © CIRAD, C. Grether-Remondon

Event 7 March 2024

Food sovereignty in Africa: how can we produce more, and better?

Agroecology

Human, animal and environmental health is interlinked © R. Belmin, CIRAD

Science at work 29 January 2024

AfriCam, a project on early detection of emerging diseases

Participants in the second general assembly of the TSARA initiative TSARA in Dakar (Senegal) © I. Diallo, CIRAD

Institutional news 26 January 2024

The TSARA initiative confirms its commitment to transforming agrifood systems through research and innovation in partnership with Africa

Event 18 January 2024

Rencontres Francophones Légumineuses: innovation to promote plant protein