Rice farmers in Bas-Mangoky have experienced the experience of selecting varieties for the 2018-2019 cropping season so that they can make a choice corresponding to their preferences for seed production in the next cropping season.

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The production, availability and accessibility of Certified seed should help meet the pressing needs of producers. To know this, they should be involved in the actual selection of varieties so that they can make a choice corresponding to their preferences. This is participatory varietal selection, better known under the Anglo-Saxon term PVS or "Participatory Varietal Selection".

Africa Rice and its partners, including the FOFIFA Research Centre, are helping to increase rice production in the southwest, and are supporting farmers through this project with the Malagasy government in Bas-Mangoky.

Diocese of Miarinarivo

Pope Francis has accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Miarinarivo, presented by H.E. Mgr Jean Claude Randrianarisoa. At the same time, the Supreme Pontiff has appointed H.E. Mgr Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, as Apostolic Admnistrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the same Diocese.

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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