This project is coordinated by IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
NUTRIPASS unit "Food and Nutrition Research in the Global South"
UMR Nutripass, 911 avenue Agropolis, BP 64501 34394 Montpellier Cedex, FRANCE
Christèle HUMBLOT , Coordinator
Tel : + 33 (0)4 67 41 62 48
Fax: + 33 (0)4 67 41 61 57
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A password is needed (contact Youna Hemery to get your login & password).
Institut de Recherche en Sciences Appliquées et Technologies (Burkina Faso)
Website of IRSAT: http://www.cnrst.bf/irsat.html
IRSAT is committed to conducting research on the energy (biomass, biogas, solar cooking technologies)
Within IRSAT, the DTA (Department of Food Technology) conducts R&D on traditional food processing and preserving in Burkina Faso. Researchers work on products characterization, traditional processes and consumption (food fermentations…), for value-added processing and improvement of food nutritional quality and safety. The team has expertise in technology transfer to SMEs.
The FolEA project is part of the ERA-Net « Developing African-European joint collaboration for Science and Technology » (ERAfrica), financially supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme (grant agreement: 266603).