Preventing epidemics requires early detection followed by rapid, effective steps. This means coordinating local communities ...

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

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

As part of its long-standing partnership with Zimbabwe, France officially handed over a state-of-the-art Biotechnology Centre to the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) on 21 May 2025. The handover ceremony ...

Compétition pour la lumière, modification des sols, hybridation entre plantes… Les espèces exotiques envahissantes sont l’une des premières causes de perte de biodiversité. Pour s’en prémunir, il est ...

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, ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the United Nations Environment Programme ...

New studies have revealed the shocking extent of forest degradation in Suriname’s Amazon due to illegal logging and mining. Some 32% of Saamaka territory has already been allocated by the government ...

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 ...

"We are involved in a race for information to estimate the yield potential of the agricultural land available in many countries, with a view to boosting food security in particular and to avoiding ...

Cooperative supermarkets, new product certification systems, local farmer and chef networks, community food stores, school canteens, and so on... there are many initiatives aimed at building more ...