June 2009 :

Since July 2008, Agrisud involved in the Itasy Region in Madagascar, through co-financing by the Region Aquitaine, in the framework of decentralized cooperation with the Region Itasy.

One year after the action started, the farmers who are involved in the project "support the professionalisation of agriculture in the region Itasy" received the French ambassador, Jean Marc Chataigner, accompanied by the Regional Delegate for European and International Affairs for the Aquitaine Region, Laurent Rey Lescure, and Guillaume Debrie, the desk officer in Itasy region.

Three farms have been visited, giving an opportunity for Rolland, Norbert and Rapier, farmers supervised by the project, to introduce the changes they have made to the various levels of their production system.

They were able to explain how the method of improving the management and organization of the production factors available provide their longer-term vision that secures in the risk for the development of their activities.

Moreover, these three producers have presented how the project has helped to improve their income through the technico-economic results related to the adoption of organic practices (SRI, compost, liquid and solid), and improving the recovery of production, achieved through support for marketing.

During exchanges with these three producers, the French ambassador was able to assess the agricultural potential of the region Itasy, but also the dynamism of its producers.

"The strength of this region, his men. They are the creators of wealth "