PROGRAMME CONTENTS A. Subprogramme "Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture": 1. Improvement of agricultural products - crop production: food and agro-industrial crops; crop genetics; crop protection; - proteins of animal origin: stock farming; animal genetics and reproduction; veterinary medicine; sea and inland fisheries, aquaculture; - forestry production in humid and arid areas. 2. Conservation and better use of
the environment: - appraisal of resources; water resources and their use; soil management and protection, desertification and management of savannahs; underexploited genetic resources; wild flora and fauna; 3. Agricu
...[+++]ltural engineering and post-harvest technology: - agricultural engineering/mechanization; preservation of products; processing of products; 4. Production systems: - multi-disciplinary approaches relating to plan products; inter-cropping; relationships between crop- growing and stock-farming; ecologically fragile environments; B. Subprogramme "Medicine, Health and Nutrition in Tropical and Subtropical Areas" 1. Medecine: - transmissible tropical diseases: parasitological; bacterial; viral; mycological; - non-transmissible tropical diseases: genetic disorders; acquired diseases; 2. Health: - health services research: operational research; plannng management and evaluation; - environmental health: water-related diseases; traditional medicine - tropical medicinal plants; 3. Nutrition: - nutritional deficiencies; impact of agricultural, food and social-economic strategies on nutritional status; - relationships between production and storage systems, food habits and health status; - bioavailability of nutrients and their toxicology///.SCHEMA DU PROGRAMME A. Sous-programme "agriculture tropicale et sous-tropicale" : 1) amelioration des productions agricoles : - productions vegetales : cultures vivrieres; cultures agro-industrielles; genetique vegetale; protection des cultures; - proteines d'origine animale : systemes d'elevage; genetique animale et reproduction; medecine veterinaire; peche maritime, continentale et aquaculture, - production forestiere en zones humides et arides; 2) conservation et mise en valeur du milieu : - evaluation des ressources; ressources et utilisation de l'eau; gestion et defense des sols, desertification et exploitation des savanes; ressources genetiques peu exploitees; flore sauvage et faune; 3) genie agricole et technologie post-
...[+++]recolte : - genie agricole - mecanisation; conservation des produits; transformation des produits; 4) systemes des productions : - approches multidisciplinaires sur les produits agricoles; cultures associees; relations agriculture-elevage; milieux ecologiquement fragiles; B. Sous-programme "medecine, sante et nutrition dans les zones tropicales et sous-tropicales" : 1) medecine : - maladies tropicales transmissibles : parasitologie; bacteriologie; virologie; mycologie; - maladie tropicales non transmissibles : defauts genetiques; maladies acquises; 2) sante : - services de sante : recherches operationnelles; organisation, gestion et modeles; - hygiene du milieu : maladies apportees par l'eau; medecine traditionnelle - plantes medicinales; 3) nutrition : - carences nutritionnelles; impact des strategies agro-alimentaire et socio-economique sur l'etat nutritionnel; - rapport entre systemes des productions, stockage, habitude alimentaire et etat de sante; - biodisponibilite des nutriments et leur toxicite
