WORK

The Agro-Forestry Program around Antananarivo, or ASA Program, is part of a series of projects aimed at the Malagasy population. It is financed by the 10th European Development Fund, following a decision taken on February 25, 2014. The budget amounts to 20 million euros or 60 billion ariary. The Program is spread over 60 months, i.e. until February 25, 2019. Two regions benefit from it during this period, namely Analamanga and Itasy, comprising 9 districts and approximately 80 communes. In total, the ASA Program will directly reach 72,000 households and 360,000 people and indirectly the entire Malagasy population with the support of the National Land Program. UCP ASA, a program coordination unit, is responsible for monitoring and ensuring the consistency of the 9 projects and 5 sectors, as well as setting up a monitoring and evaluation system. A program steering committee takes place every 6 months.

Goals

The objective of the ASA program is to contribute sustainably to the fight against poverty in Madagascar and to the preservation of the natural environment, through the improvement of the incomes of producers around Antananarivo and the access of populations to a market. secure supply of agricultural products and wood energy.

Expected results

Producers and other actors involved in the agricultural and forestry sectors are structured and their operational capacity is strengthened. A favorable environment for secure investments available to producers Production from agriculture, livestock, fish farming and forestry are improved, in quantity and quality.