Cocoa pods, Venezuela. Photo: C.Lanaud ©CIRAD
Arabica coffee, Ethiopia. Photo: ©Jean-Pierre Labouisse
Yams in Benin. Photo: J-L Pham ©IRD
Rice harvest, Guinea. Photo: J-L Pham ©IRD
Maize corn. Photo: ©Brigitte Gouesnard

Biological and technological resources

ARCAD provides access to biological and technological resources. The research teams make use of the existing biological resources centres and genome analysis platforms they manage and maintain in the Région Languedoc Roussillon or elsewhere in France and in French overseas territories. New ARCAD technological platforms for seed conservation, seed phenotyping, cryopreservation, DNA  genotyping and information system are also currently being developed thanks to a EU-FEDER grant.