Montpellier-Occitanie REGIONAL OFFICE CIRAD Montpellier, a flagship agricultural D. Chauvet @ CIRAD D. Chauvet research centre CIRAD’s main research base in Montpellier CIRAD is a gateway A. Frankewitz © A. Frankewitz to the world and a network hub linked with all CIRAD’s installations in the global South. CIRAD © P. Doucet/ © P. Each year, the Montpellier-Occitanie Regional Office welcomes 20 to 30 Hundreds official of delegations visitors CIRAD’S MONTPELLIER RESEARCH CENTRE A reception and training hub Each year sees… > Over 1000 research > Almost 100 scientific partners hosted, events (conferences, 2/3 of them from foreign workshops, seminars) countries > Many events open > More than 300 PhD to the general public: students in CIRAD French national science laboratories festival, debates and exhibitions. within an international research platform > The city of Montpellier, > This substantial scientific with its many research community, represented organizations and by Agropolis International universities, is the world and Agropolis Fondation, capital of agricultural has since 2011 been home research. This outstanding to the CGIAR Consortium, scientific environment which has boosted benefits all CIRAD’s partners its global visibility. in the global South. A community of 2300 researchers in Montpellier MUSE is… 6000 scientists NCIRAD 2 is a founder member of “Montpellier University I 01 W 8 E of Excellence” (MUSE), which was born in 2017. N It associates 11 research organizations and four grandes écoles in Montpellier. A high-performance ecophysiology glasshouse has been built on CIRAD’s Lavalette site. > IN 201 8 It has six 40-m2 glass “chapels” W E and a 12-m2 culture chamber, enabling: N – precisely controlled climate conditions (temperature, humidity, CO2) – calibrated LED lighting to supplement natural light. CIRAD’S MONTPELLIER RESEARCH CENTRE A FEW FIGURES AND TOUCHSTONES Over 26 hectares, 56 500 m2 of offices and research infrastructures, including 2500 m2 of glasshouses 1100 staff Four sites in and members around Montpellier > Lavalette campus > Technology Park > Baillarguet campus > Agropolis Science Park Research infrastructures and specialized equipment > Reference laboratories > Agrifood technology (food, water, soil, animal platform health) > Experimental glasshouses > Technical platforms and quarantine service and facilities (biomass-energy, > Botanical and animal plant genomics, collections (biological cell imaging, etc) resource centre, herbarium, xylotheque, etc) A community of 2300 researchers in Montpellier A. Frankewitz © CIRAD G. Raffray © CIRAD Reception > Libraries > Hot desk facilities and service > Meeting rooms, > Two on-site facilities videoconference canteens facilities, auditorium > A GLASSHOUSE UNIQUE IN FRANCE IRAD © P. Doucet/C © P. Montpellier-Occitanie Regional Office Avenue Agropolis TA 178/04 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France tel.: +33 4 67 61 49 34 fax: +33 4 67 61 49 42 e-mail: [email protected] To Baillarguet Campus Prades-le-Lez To Montferrier-sur-Lez To Clapiers - Castelnau-le-Lez La Lironde D65 Roundabout Agropolis Science Park PNF River Lez Lavalette Campus To Montpellier-Euromédecine Agropolis To Montpellier Hospitals - Universities Technology Park To Montpellier- Rue J-F. Breton Lunaret Zoo Campus Agropolis From Saint-Roch station, tram line 1 to Saint-Eloi stop, then La Navette shuttle bus, direction Universités des Sciences et des Lettres CIRAD is the French agricultural research and international cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions Working together for tomorrow’s agriculture CIRAD is a founding member of MUSE and Agreenium www.cirad.fr ,July 2018 CIRAD © .