The Institut de Recherche pour le Développement or IRD () is a French science and technology establishment under the joint supervision of the French Ministries of
Higher Education and Research and
Foreign Affairs
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. It operates internationally from its headquarters in
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...
, and two metropolitan centres of Montpellier and Bondy.
It was created as the Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer or ORSTOM, ‘Overseas Scientific and Technical Research Office’) in 1943.
Missions
The IRD institute has three main missions: research on world development, overseas consultancy and training.
It conducts
scientific programs contributing to the sustainable development of the countries of the South, with an emphasis on the relationship between man and the environment.
Organisation
The IRD's scientific activities are organised through five departments:
*Earth and Environment
*Living Resources
*Societies and Health
*Expertise and consulting
*Support and training
Associated people
A number of notable researchers are or have been associated with Institut de recherche pour le développement, including:
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André Briend - pediatric nutritionist
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Denis Vidal - anthropologist
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Jean Marie Bosser - botanist and agronomical engineer
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Jean-Philippe Chippaux - snakebite and tropical medicine expert
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Jean-Paul Gonzalez
Jean-Paul Joseph Gonzalez (born August 28, 1947) is a French virologist. He graduated from the Medical School of Bordeaux University (M.D., Internal Medicine) France.
Research career
Gonzalez is a virologist whose main fields of research encom ...
- virologist
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Michel Luc Michel Luc (7 February 1927 – 18 January 2010) was a French zoologist (nematologist) and one of the founding fathers of the field of plant-nematology. He spent his career with ORSTOM (''Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer'') ...
- nematologist
See also
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Bactris nancibaensis''
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Serer people
The Serer people are a West African ethnoreligious group.
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Mistrals
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References
Official websiteVideos from Canal IRD Web TV
IRD on-line scientific library (37,000 documents for downloading)
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Government agencies of France
Research institutes in France
Organizations based in Marseille