The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development | |
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Verbatim name: | Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement |
Acronym: | CIRAD |
Website: | View URL |
Geography | |
Headquarter country: | France |
Species purview: | Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), Senegalese grasshopper (Oedaleus senegalensis), Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) |
Categories | |
Type: | Government |
Focus: | Education, Development, Research, Management |
Keywords: | Forecasting, International development, Training, Agricultural development, Sustainable development, Natural sciences, Modeling, Monitoring, Research, Control, Community development |
Related organizations
The following organizations represented on HopperWiki are associated with this organization:
- Centre for Biology and Management of Populations
- Locust ecology and control research unit at the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Developmen
Available resources authored by this organization
Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement or in English the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) is a French agricultural research and international cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions. It is a public industrial and commercial establishment (EPIC) founded in 1984, with its Head Office in Paris --> view full Wikipedia page
Active projects
History of locust research
In 1998, Programme de recherche interdisciplinaire français sur les acridiens du Sahel (Prifas) was transformed into a research unit of CIRAD entitled “Locust ecology and control”. The Locust ecology and control research unit was integrated in 2011 into a joint research unit called the Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP). The team continues its work on locust genetics and risk modeling, benefiting from nearly 50 years of expertise and a large network of contacts in the field.
Key researchers
Key researchers include: Michel Launois, Michel Lecoq, Cyril Piou, and Marie-Pierre Chapuis with expertise
Areas of expertise: Population dynamics and ecology of locusts and grasshoppers. Improvement of preventive control strategies based on field research results. Species: L. migratoria, S. gregaria, O. senegalensis R. schistocercoides and S. cancellata.
Resources


CIRAD Literature organizer
CIRAD Locust Website "Voracious Locusts"
Project SMELLS: smells.isardsat.com/ (site not working) other info: http://dup.esrin.esa.it/page_project156.php
Project PEPPER
Study of phase polyphenism emergence and associated risks
Collaborating Institutions
Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP)