French West Indies-French Guiana
With its two sites in Guadeloupe and Guiana, the Centre well represents the agri-environmental issues specific to island and continental conditions in tropical regions. Its teams are organised in multidisciplinary consortia which can respond to the regional challenges of reinforcing food and environmental safety under the innovative concept of science and impact. The vulnerability of tropical agroecosystems means that the Centre offers an excellent laboratory to analyse how the climate is changing in response to current planetary shifts, and most particularly the conversion of conventional to ecologically intensive agriculture. Through its policy of welcoming doctoral students and postdoctoral scientists, the Centre is also closely involved in training in and through research for young people in the Caribbean and intertropical regions.
KEY FIGURES FOR THE FRENCH WEST INDIES - FRENCH GUIANA CENTRE
Teams
- 6 units including 2 joint units and 2 experimental units
- 191 permanent staff including 80 women and 111 men
- 25 contractual staff including 13 women and 12 men
Means
- A budget of €17.7 million including €2.5 million in autonomous resources
- 3 technical platforms and 1 platform, 88 ha of experimental land, 1,000 m2 of greenhouses
Results
- 39 partnership agreements including 6 with Europe
- 1 patent and 2 licenses
- Approximately 50 articles (A ranking), book chapters and books published each year