DIADE’s commitment to countries in the Global South is reflected in numerous projects developed jointly with our partners across the intertropical zone. It is also supported by a number of collaborative research initiatives set up by two of our supervisory bodies, IRD and CIRAD:
Agroecology in Southeast Asia (since 2021)
Contact :
– Saphangthong Thatheva, President of the DALaM platform, Laos
– Philippe Tixier, Coordinator of the CIRAD platform, UPR GECO, Laos
– Mélanie Blanchard, CIRAD Correspondent, UMR SELMET, France
– Giang Do, Communications Officer, Vietnam
DIADE contact : Hervé Étienne
Resilience of palm-based agrosystems in Benin (2023–2026)
Contact Diade : Frédérique Aberlenc
Agrobiodiversity for sustainable food in the Central African Republic: characterization and promotion for food security (2025-2027)
DIADE contact : Laurent Laplaze
Other link : Bluesky@agrobiodiverca.bsky.social
Innovation and varietal improvement in West Africa (since 2016)
Coordinator : Ndjido Kane, Ceraas, Sénégal
Correspondent : Jean-François Rami, Cirad/Agap, France
DIADE contact : Laurent Laplaze
Biodiversity of natural and cultivated Andean phytosystems (2018–2027)
Leaders :
– Silvia Restrepo, University Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombie
– Olivier Dangles, IRD, EGCE, France
– Rommel Montufar, PUCE, Équateur
DIADE contact : Thomas Couvreur
Center of Biological Resource for Coffea (CRB): living collection
Manager: Thierry Joët, Diade
Mesoamerican Scientific Platform for Agroforestry (since 2007)
Coordinator: Arlène Lopez, CATIE, Costa Rica CIRAD correspondent: Jacques Avelino, UMR Phim Diade contact: Luc Villain
Provide in-depth training on metabarcoding and environmental DNA (eDNA) (2024–2026)
DIADE contact : Nora Scarcelli
Laboratory of Excellence in Co-engineering of Sustainable Agrosystems (2024–2028)
Contact : lmi.lead.cambodia@gmail.com
DIADE contact : Adeline Barnaud
Research, scientific expertise and knowledge for the sustainable management of the lands and territories of the Great Green Wall (2023-2026)
Scientific coordinator : Oumarou Malam Issa, IRD
DIADE contact : Frédérique Aberlenc
