Objective
The objective of the DIVECOSYS (Design of agro-ecological systems based on pest management and organic waste use) platform in partnership for research and training (dP) is to contribute to the emergence of intensive, sustainable farming systems based on increased use of ecological pest regulation services on various scales, from plot to agricultural landscape.
DIVECOSYS designs and assesses the potential of innovative farming practices and types of landscape organization as:
- levers for mobilizing ecological pest regulation services,
- a means of adapting production systems to the disruption caused by global change: population growth, climate change, biological invasions and access to resources.
Partnership
DIVECOSYS associates numerous organizations in Benin, Mali, Senegal and France.
- The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD),
- The Institut national des recherches agricoles du Bénin (INRAB) and the Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale (IITA) in Benin,
- The Institut d'économie rurale (IER) in Mali,
- The Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles (ISRA), Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) and Gaston Berger University (UGB) in Senegal
were the founder members.