热博体育

Major issues

Agricultural research continues to have a major role to play in tackling a vital challenge facing the human race: providing food and energy for the eight billion people there will be worldwide by 2030, while preserving the environment and, more generally, common goods such as the climate, biodiversity and human and animal health.

Main research fields

• Reforestation and development of agroforestry systems
• Food and energy security
• Fertility management on a territory level
• Studying and promoting biodiversity - Crop breeding
• Cocoa agroforestry systems
• health risks - Disease vector and pest control
• Public policy

Platforms in partnership

Agro-silvo-pastoral systems in West Africa

How can we work with farmers in West Africa to design innovative, intensive and ecologically-friendly crop-livestock systems?

Biological Diversity and Agroecological Systems - Soil and Crop Health

How can we make use of biological and organic processes and resources to design sustainable practices?

Teaching and training

热博体育's researchers contribute to higher education through Masters and other diploma courses. They supervise and guide students and interns, either from a distance or on the ground, including PhD students. 热博体育 can also provide vocational training for staff members from partner organizations.