The FORMAPROD programme will come to an end in 2023. This programme, placed under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, is the first tool deployed to improve agricultural and rural training (FAR) in Madagascar. The work carried out by the FORMAPROD programme over the ten years it has been running in the Analamanga region has been positive, said the national coordinator, Rakotonaivo Harilala...

The Madagascar Chamber of Agriculture held its ordinary annual meeting on 23 and 24 August 2023. Important points were discussed and approved during this period. It was decided at this meeting that they would apply to renew the Chamber's status as an Association Reconnue d'Utilité Public or ARUP. The fact that the Chamber of Agriculture is able to carry out the mission entrusted to it is the important explanation for what the participants said. All that was asked was for the financial independence of the system to be strengthened...

Farmers from the "Lazan'i Sambirano" cooperative group in the Diana region have won the gold medal for Africa and the Indian Ocean in the world competition for cocoa production of the quality demanded by the international market, in the year 2021. Farmers from this group also won the bronze medal...

PAPRIZ III recorded a positive increase during the last crop year. A product that is driving the growth and development of rice production in Madagascar. The average yield increased by more than 5 tonnes per hectare in the 11 previous regions where the project is working. The number of irrigated plains has been increased by more than 50. More than 37,000 farmers have been trained...

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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