Affectation
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UMR ABSys (Diversified AgroSystems) (https://umr-absys.cirad.fr/)
- PERSYST Department
Contact
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Postal address: TA B-34/02, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Phone : + 33 (0)4 6761 7102
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e-mail : bruno.rapidel@cirad.fr
Duties and administrative responsabilities
- Director of UMR ABSys (CIRAD-INRAE-Institut Agro)
- Research scientist on agroforestry systems with perennial crops
Scientific expertise
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Design of agroforestry systems, using modelling and participatory research
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Crop growth and development simulation models (at plot and plant scales), applied to agroforestry systems.
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Impacts of climate and climate change on agriculture, and particularly on coffee plantations
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Prototyping cropping systems
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Ecosystem services evaluation
- Agronomy and agroecology applied to perennial crops
Geographical experience
- 25 years in Central America
- 5 years in West Africa