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Working together for tomorrow’s agriculture

Working together for tomorrow’s agriculture. http://www.cirad.fr/en. Meeting the challenges of global issues. From 7 billion people needing to be fed today … … to 9 billion by 2050 Population growth concentrated in the South, in large cities.

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Working together for tomorrow’s agriculture

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  1. Workingtogether for tomorrow’s agriculture http://www.cirad.fr/en

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

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