Most of the rice fields in the Antananarivo-Atsimondrano district are dry. However, this does not prevent General Rabemanantsoa Robert from transplanting rice in December ...

The technique he researched and applied last year was "ketsa saraka" and that is what was used this year. However, the method of making "ketsa saraka" was improved, it was nothing other than the material used. While bags of cement were used last year, they were plastic this year. The reason, according to General Robert Rabemanantsoa, ​​is that the equipment will not be destroyed quickly so that it can be used every year.

Among those who accompanied General Rabemanantsoa Robert during the transplanting was Mr. Ranaivoarison Bazile, or Papa Bio, both members of the Lanja Miakatra Association. He said that most of the farmers do not control the rice harvest, although many of them brag about being rice farmers. The first hole is the use of too much water in the rice crops. Rice needs moisture, he says, not a lot of water, and that's what makes this seedling so good. Rice also needs heat, which means it is not suitable for planting in winter.

The distance from her home could not prevent Mrs. Justine, a rice farmer from the district of Manjakandriana, but came to assist the transplanting in Itaosy. She was one of the trainees at General Rabemanantsoa Robert's training center, interested in increasing her production. Ms. Justine said that if Malagasy farmers apply improved rice cultivation techniques, Madagascar will be self-sufficient in rice production.