Private company

French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development

Agricultural research agency based in France1

The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD; French: Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) is an agricultural research and international cooperation organisation working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions. It is a public industrial and commercial establishment (EPIC) founded in 1984, with its Head Office in Paris.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jun 5, 1984Founded1
  • Industryresearch1
  • HeadquartersParis1
  • Websitewww.cirad.fr
  • Legal formétablissement public à caractère industriel et commercial1

The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD; French: Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) is an agricultural research and international cooperation organisation working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions. It is a public industrial and commercial establishment (EPIC) founded in 1984, with its Head Office in Paris.2

Corporate structure

French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development sits at the top of its group. 23 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development Paris
    • Agreenium, French training and research alliance for agriculture, food, environment and global health Subsidiary · France
    • Agropolis Fondation Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Agropolymerpolymer Engineering and Emerging Technologies Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Biology and Genetics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Biomasse, bois, énergie, bio-produits Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Centre for Biology and Management of Populations Subsidiary · Saint-Gély-du-Fesc, France
    • Centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement Subsidiary · Nogent-sur-Marne, France
    • CIRAD-FLHOR (Organization) Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Diversity Adaptation plant Development Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Ecology of Guianan Forests Subsidiary · Kourou, France
    • Genetic Improvement and Adaptation of Mediterranean and Tropical Plants Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Innovation and Development in Agriculture and Food Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Inrae-Cirad-Ifremer-Ird joint ethics advisory committee Subsidiary · France
    • Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Maison des Sciences et des Humanités SUD Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • Peuplement Végétaux et Bio-agresseurs en Milieu Tropical Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • Rhizogenesis Lab Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • UMR AMAP Subsidiary · Montpellier, France
    • UMR Eco&Sols Subsidiary · Montpellier, France

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

CIRAD was founded in 1984 from nine tropical research institutes, most dating back to the 1940s.

From Wikipedia’s article on French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Agreenium, French training and research alliance for agriculture, food, environment and global health
  • Agropolis Fondation
  • Agropolymerpolymer Engineering and Emerging Technologies
  • Biology and Genetics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions
  • Biomasse, bois, énergie, bio-produits
  • CIRAD-FLHOR (Organization)
  • Centre for Biology and Management of Populations
  • Centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement
  • Diversity Adaptation plant Development
  • Ecology of Guianan Forests
  • Genetic Improvement and Adaptation of Mediterranean and Tropical Plants
  • Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages
  • Innovation and Development in Agriculture and Food
  • Inrae-Cirad-Ifremer-Ird joint ethics advisory committee
  • Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier
  • Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes
  • Maison des Sciences et des Humanités SUD
  • Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs
  • Peuplement Végétaux et Bio-agresseurs en Milieu Tropical
  • Rhizogenesis Lab
  • UMR AMAP
  • UMR Eco&Sols

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Oct 2007Acquired Inrae-Cirad-Ifremer-Ird joint ethics advisory committee1

Timeline

  1. Jun 5, 1984Founded Founded1