Upland rice landscape, Madagascar © J. Dusserre, CIRAD

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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?

Reconciling sustainable agricultural development and biodiversity preservation, a research challenge CIRAD and its partners in LMadagascar have been working on for 20 years © E. Menguy, CIRAD

Institutional news 26 April 2024

Madagascar: 20 years of research partnerships for agriculture and biodiversity preservation

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

In Madagascar, voatsiperifery is an endemic wild pepper that is highly coveted. However, its exploitation means destroying its environment © CIRAD, J. Queste

Science at work 4 March 2024

On the trail of the world's best pepper

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