Pigs on a farm in Peru P-Y. Le Gal © CIRAD

Animal production

Satisfying growing demand for animal protein in developing countries is a major challenge for the coming twenty years. However, animal production uses large amounts of agricultural land and biomass. Should demand be managed on a global level? The issues vary from one species to another, but they raise a certain number of general questions that CIRAD is working to solve.

Our remits

Sustainable animal production systems: measuring the environmental efficiency of animal production systems, developing and assessing practices likely to improve efficiency
Limiting the environmental impact of animal production
Contributing to the development of local supply chains
Developing animal production systems that help to alleviate poverty
Supporting producers' organizations and organizing the services on offer to animal farmers
Improving animal health: new vaccines, knowledge of the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases and zoonoses.

Products and services

Veterinary products and services

Training

Higher education

Vocational training

e-learning

Epidemiology of animal and zoonotic diseases: the basics
Animal epidemiology
UVED: aquaculture
e-learning module on aquaculture (co-funded by UVED, CIRAD, IFREMER and IRD, with the participation of INRAE). The module was built by a mixed CIRAD-FVI team within the ASTRE joint research unit, working on animal production and veterinary medicine teaching and training in warm regions.