Partners

The WIKWIO project is coordinated by CIRAD in collaboration with 4 partners (MCIA/MSIRI, FOFIFA, CNDRS and IFP). CIRAD is represented by Thomas Le Bourgeois (weed scientist and project leader), Pascal Marnotte (Weed scientist), Nora Bakker (management assistant), and other agronomists such as José Martin (sugarcane agronomist and weed scientist), Fabrice Lebellec (orchard agronomist and weed scientist). MCIA/MSIRI is represented by Azaad Gaungoo (weed scientist), Arouna Seechurn (research assistant). FOFIFA is represented by Alain Paul Andrianaivo and Jean Augustin Randriamampianina (weed scientists), and Marcel Ramamonjihasina and Voah Andrianavalona (research assistants). CNDRS is represented by Ibrahim Yahaya (weed scientist) and Faina Hadji and Ramadhoini A.I. (research assitants). IFP is represented by Pierre Grard (director, expert in computer information systems in botany), Balasubramanian D. (expert in computer systems) and Ramesh G. (botanist) and Sathish M, Karthik Yeruva and Srilatha (computer science developers).

Agencies involved in the implementation of the action are:

• Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), France
• Institut Français de Pondichéry (IFP) , France/India
• Mauritius Sugarcane Industry Research Institute (MSIRI) , Mauritius
• Centre National pour le Développement Rural (FOFIFA), Madagascar
• Centre National de Documentation et de Recherche Scientifique (CNDRS), Comoros
• The Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA)
• Association for strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)

This project was made possible by a grant from European Commission's ACP-EU Co-operation Programme in Science and Technology (S&T II).