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CIRAD
CIRAD
University or Research Institution

Focal point

Ward Anseeuw

Location

CIRAD is a French research centre working with developing countries to tackle international agricultural and development issues.




Status


CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) is a public industrial and commercial enterprise (EPIC) under the joint authority of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.



Mandate


CIRAD works with the whole range of developing countries to generate and pass on new knowledge, support agricultural development and fuel the debate on the main global issues concerning agriculture.


CIRAD is a targeted research organization, and bases its operations on development needs, from field to laboratory and from a local to a global scale.



Activities


CIRAD's activities involve the life sciences, social sciences and engineering sciences, applied to agriculture, food and rural territories.


CIRAD works hand-in-hand with local people and the local environment, on complex, ever-changing issues: food security, ecological intensification, emerging diseases, the future of agriculture in developing countries, etc

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Adaptability and suitability of local cattle breeds in Egypt: Farmers and actors’ perceptions and practices of the cattle value chain

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2017
Egypt
Northern Africa

Egypt, where the mean temperature is expected to increase by 1−1.5°C over the next two decades, is particularly concerned with climate change in the Medi- terranean. Most of the research works on adaptive animal traits have focused on sheep and goats in non-irrigated areas, with little interest in livestock systems in irrigated areas. However, meat and dairy products in Egypt are mainly sup- plied by large ruminants − cattle and buffaloes.