Competition for light, changes in soils, hybridization between plants, and so on... Invasive exotic species are one of the ...

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

As part of its long-standing partnership with Zimbabwe, France officially handed over a state-of-the-art Biotechnology Centre ...

Compétition pour la lumière, modification des sols, hybridation entre plantes… Les espèces exotiques envahissantes sont l’une ...

The Sol AfricaO research network was officially launched on Saturday 24 May at the Abidjan International Exhibition of ...

In collaboration with Agrinatura, CIRAD has published an initial compilation of 12 stories of change relating to the DeSIRA initiative funded by the European Union. Each story shows how the research ...

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 ...

Soils are not just a support: they have to be in good health for agricultural activities to be established and prosper. In Ivory Coast, the Ministry of Agriculture has brought together farmers, ...

Two major scientific publications have just revealed some surprising findings about the world’s plant biodiversity. The first refutes a widely accepted theory: the climate is not the only factor ...

An international team of scientists recently used army ants as a sampling “tool” for plant and animal viruses circulating in a deep forest in Gabon. This innovative approach to viral ecology opens up ...

One way of combating deforestation effectively is to define priority zones seen as being at particular risk. The difficult part is identifying those zones. Tropical countries have recently been given ...

Guatemala’s community forest concessions are a success in every respect. The forest is being conserved more effectively by indigenous communities practising sustainable logging than in neighbouring ...