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The new buildings of the CIRAD plant protection center, in Saint-Pierre, were inaugurated on November 22 by Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, in the presence of local elected officials and Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, présidente-directrice générale du l'organisme français de recherche agronomique et de coopération internationale pour le développement. Launched in October 2019, financed by....

For calculations of the number of companies, INSEE took the company into account in its legal definition. According to this approach, the non-agricultural and non-financial commercial sectors of Réunion counted 45,600 companies in 2019. Or, the economic modernization law of 2008 introduced a new notion of business in the economic sense, which allows you to take....

After Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul, Saint-Denis launched its rental offer of electrically assisted bicycles on November 19. It is broken down into two products. Sodiparc has acquired 30 “VAE” offered for long-term rental of one to three months, at the monthly rate of 30 euros. The low price aims to create a taste for....

In 2020, the University of Réunion associated with two Mauritian universities launched the SWIO project (Solar and Wind energy in the Indian Ocean). Its object : study the climate variability of solar radiation and wind in Réunion and Mauritius using a regional climate model capable of producing data for the near future (horizons...

The University of Réunion and the Research Institute for Development (IRD) are partners in three mixed research units : Espace-Dev (space observation, models and science involved), pimi (Infectious process in an island environment) and Entropy (Tropical Marine Ecology of the Pacific and Indian Oceans).
Mi-November, on the occasion of Valérie Verdier’s visit to Réunion, President and CEO of the IRD,...

The Medef Business Awards 2021 were awarded on October 28 during the annual general meeting of the employers' organization, organized in Saint-Denis in the presence of Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, national president. Just like last year, the third edition of this competition, launched in 2018, was dedicated to Corporate Social Responsibility actions (RSE). Two categories were distinguished..

In 2019, Reunion Island merchant businesses have created 7,8 billion euros of added value, for a turnover of 26,8 billion, according to a recent publication from INSEE. The added value created increases sharply, of 324 million euros (+4,3%), after weak growth in 2018. Construction sectors (+78 millions), of teaching, health and action...

The number of job seekers required to look for one and without activity (category A) decreased by 1,4% in the 3rd quarter and 5,3% over one year, according to the latest official figures. It stood on average at 128,450 registered with Pôle Emploi. The drop is less significant when including the unemployed who nevertheless carried out an activity..

Ibrahim Patel could count on an easy reappointment to his position as president of the CCI Réunion, on November 24 during the first plenary assembly of the mandate. At the end of the consular elections organized for the first time online from October 27 to November 9, his list won the 16 seats of the Services college and the....

Work to extend the irrigated perimeter of Bras de la Plaine began at the end of October in the commune of Petite-Île. 377 additional hectares will be equipped in the Mont-Vert and Anse-les-Hauts sectors, thanks to the installation of 37 km of pipes, a 350 liter/second pumping station and a 4,000 m³ tank. 115 bornes...