Pour le Sud, au Sud et avec le Sud (For the South, at the South, and with the South)
Formation
1937; 81 years ago (1937)
Type
Governmental organisation
Purpose
Development of southern countries
Headquarters
Marseille
Official language
French
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Jean-Paul Moatti
Main organ
Direction générale déléguée à la Science
Budget
€239 million
Staff
2,354
Website
en.ird.fr
The French Research Institute for Development (French: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IRD) is a French science and technology establishment under the joint supervision of the French Ministries of Higher Education and Research and Foreign Affairs. It operates internationally from its headquarters in Marseille, and two metropolitan centres of Montpellier and Bondy.
It was created as the 'Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer (ORSTOM)' in 1943.
Contents
1Missions
2Organisation
3Associated people
4See also
5References
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:
Michel Luc - Nematologist
André Briend - Pediatric Nutritionist
Jean Marie Bosser - Botanist and Agronomical Engineer
Jean-Philippe Chippaux - Snakebite and Tropical Medicine Expert
Jean-Paul Gonzalez - Virologist
See also
Bactris nancibensis
Serer people
Mistrals
References
Official website
Videos from Canal IRD Web TV
IRD on-line scientific library (37,000 documents for downloading)
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This article is about the number. For the year, see 800. For other uses, see 800 (disambiguation). Natural number ← 799 800 801 → List of numbers — Integers ← 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 → Cardinal eight hundred Ordinal 800th (eight hundredth) Factorization 2 5 × 5 2 Greek numeral Ω´ Roman numeral DCCC Binary 1100100000 2 Ternary 1002122 3 Quaternary 30200 4 Quinary 11200 5 Senary 3412 6 Octal 1440 8 Duodecimal 568 12 Hexadecimal 320 16 Vigesimal 200 20 Base 36 M8 36 800 ( eight hundred ) is the natural number following 799 and preceding 801. It is the sum of four consecutive primes (193 + 197 + 199 + 211). It is a Harshad number. Contents 1 Integers from 801 to 899 1.1 800s 1.2 810s 1.3 820s 1.4 830s 1.5 840s 1.6 850s 1.7 860s 1.8 870s 1.9 880s 1.10 890s 2 References Integers from 801 to 899 800s Main article: 801...
