CIRAD Agricultural Research for Development: working together for tomorrow's agriculture

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46th_{APCC COCOTECH Conference}

COGENT gives the opportunity to

build international projects

in the most efficient way, and is the only way to

get a global appraisal of coconut conservation

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_{Steering Committee Meeting}

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Working

together for

tomorrow’s

agriculture

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An original research organization

• National public institution status, but a global mission

• Targeted research for development

• Based on 50 years’ experience in the field combined to an original approach

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Réunion - Mayotte

West Indies-French Guiana

CIRAD worldwide

Ile de France Languedoc- Roussillon Continental Southeast Asia Southeast Asian islands East and Southern Africa Continental West Africa Coastal West Africa Central Africa Madagascar Brazil Mediterranean Latin America

12 regional offices in the French overseas regions and abroad

A scientific hub in Montpellier

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One main operating principle: research in partnership

• Working together to establish and implement priorities

• Working in the South, where our partners are, in their laboratories

or in their fields • Building scientific

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More than 300 PhD students supervised each year, 60 % of them from the South

International Masters courses run with

grandes écoles and universities

Training the talents of the future:

the need to link research and higher education

800 researchers and technicians

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CIRAD and coconut sector

• Breeding, genomics (L. Baudouin, R. Bourdeix,

JP Labouisse)

• Agronomy (X. Bonneau, J. Ollivier) • LYTS (M. Dollet, F. Pilet)

• Biofuel (A. Liennard, G. Vaitilingom) • Coconut wood (H. Baillères)

• Coconut processing and products quality (A.

Prades)

• Carbon sequestration (O. Roupsard)

• Entomology (L. Ollivier)

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CIRAD Laboratory/ Analyses

Morphometric analyses

Coconut water preparation

Kernel preparation

Partners: Vanuatu (CARFV), Ivory Coast (CNRA, University of Cocody)

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Computer Coconut Digital Image Analysis

Total duration of analysis = less than 1 min/picture

Sheet 1 Sheet 2

Coconut global Shape and Volume Meat & Cavity Shape

Husk, Shell and Meat Thickness…

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Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (NIRS)  Moisture content  Fat Content  Protein Content  Carbohydrates content... Total duration of analysis = 5 min. 0 0,4 0,8 1,2 1,6 1100 1400 1700 2000 2300 Wavelength (nm) A b s o rb a nc e (l o g 1 / R ) VTT MYD Davrieux et al., 2008 Database and calibration

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55 components detected / 41 identified

Ketones, alcohols, aldehydes, acids, esters, lactones…

Impact of Variety and Stage of Maturity on CW volatile compounds 0E+0 1E+6 2E+6 3E+6 4E+6 5E+6 GOA PB121 NJM NVE NVT 7 mois 8 mois 9 mois

WAT PB121 _MYD EGD _TGD

T o ta l GC -M S ar ea ( A U ) months months months

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Vegetable oils as fuel for boats…Science fiction?

No, it’s running now in South of France !

With canola and sunflower oil

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