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24/05/23

Cambodian rice farmers recycle termite mounds

Termite mounds in Cambodian rice fields provide multiple well-known benefits to the inhabitants of the Lower Mekong Basin. Scientists from IRD and the Institute of Technology of...

19/08/21

No skipping meals with crickets!

Creation of an international consortium to empower women in extreme poverty in Laos through sustainable, low-cost, high-tech production of edible crickets.

Petite fille utilisant un produit désinfectant pour se laver les mains

19/08/20

Laotian project PHYDELAO selected by AUF to continue its fight against the transmission of COVID19

Competing with nearly 2000 projects from 79 countries around the world, the Laotian project PHYDALEAO (PHYto-Desinfectants against the airborne spread of SArs-COV2) has just been...

Moustique femelle Aedes aegypti à la fin d'un repas de sang.

Health

Improving the health of people in the Global South: this is the common goal of all units working in the Health and Societies area. The department's activities are closely linked to...

Science for All in Occitanie

This space is aimed at science enthusiasts. IRD offers a wealth of resources illustrating the research conducted by scientists who engage in science-society dialogues through...

Our research

The Occitanie regional delegation relies on the multidisciplinary nature of its research teams from the North and the South, focusing on six priorities defined by the Institute...

Séchage de papier filtre lors d'une enquête sanitaire à Vientiane (Laos)

Research in Laos

IRD's scientific priorities in Laos are focused on the major challenges of sustainable development: ecosystems and natural resources, infectious and emerging diseases...

Insects to the planet’s rescue

Fascinating, insignificant, repulsive, awesome – whatever your view on them, insects are everywhere and essential! Some 400 million years of evolution have resulted in an...

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