About IRD
The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), an internationally recognised multidisciplinary organisation working primarily in
partnership with Mediterranean and inter-tropical countries, is a French public
establishment under the joint authority of the French Ministry of Higher
Education and Research and the Ministry of Foreign A€airs and International Development.
Via its network and presence in
fifty or so countries, it takes an original approach to research, expertise,
training and knowledge-sharing, to the benefit of countries and regions that
make science and innovation key drivers in their development.
About the Ecology, biodiversity and functioning
of the continental ecosystems (ECOBIO) scientific department at IRD
The
ECOBIO department includes 13 research units and 286 researchers and engineers
in Agrosciences.
The main scientific areas covered by
ECOBIO are :
- Ecology, evolution, dynamics and functioning of terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems (Mediterranean and tropical regions) and living
resources
- Role of the environments and related
organisms and of their interaction with each other in the functioning,
adaptation, resilience of the ecosystems and preservation of the diversity
facing global and demographic changes
- Plant adaptation to abiotic
and biotic stress and applications toward a sustainable food production
IRD and the Phytobiomes
Alliance
"Joining the Phytobiome
Consortium is a great opportunity that will contribute to build an
interdisciplinary and global workforce to address knowledge and technological
gaps for a better and sustainable agriculture especially in inter-tropical
regions where we are working in close collaboration with our partners", Valérie
Verdier, Head of the ECOBIO department
IRD representative
Valérie
Verdier, Head of the ECOBIO department
Links
IRD Home page