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Improving the Livelihoods for smallholder Farmers
in Madagascar
Participatory training of smallholder farmers to implement sustainable
agricultural methods in rainforest areas - improving livelihoods
of local communities
The organization Fanatsarana ny Farim-piainana
eny Ambanivohitra (FFA) works with smallholder farmers who live below
the poverty line. The organization transfers know how on sustainable
tropical farming from university research centers to local communities
in remote villages in the region of Mananjary in the Eastern mountain
range of Madagascar.
FFA works with the local population; by applying participatory
trainings the organization basis their work directly on the needs
of the people. No standard solutions are applied to real-live problems.
A new emphasis will be put on assisting local communities
in improving the marketing and distribution schemes. FFA assists
in introducing organic or fairtrade certification, to develop rainforest
protection schemes co-financed via carbon credits and to increase
the revenues from sales of agricultural products by accessing international
markets. Products to exported are, among others, ginger, mangos,
lychees, vanilla and pepper.
GEXSI strives to further support
FFA in their ambition to expand their work through providing seed
finance and to assist in setting up equitrade schemes with European
partners.
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