Sustainable agriculture and food systems Agricultural value chain development
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Madame Filao inspects her castor oil plants.
While agriculture is an important sector of Madagascar's economy, there is a lack of economically significant value chains. Most farmers are smallholders. Fields are fragmented and often difficult to access. Farming, livestock and processing techniques are mostly traditional, and farmers and processing enterprises are usually not organised in associations. Adaptation to climate change is a huge challenge for local communities.
German activities
The BMZ also supports food security in Madagascar through its Special Initiative ”Transformation of Agricultural and Food Systems, for example through efforts against soil erosion and for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, and through numerous public-private partnerships, especially in the field of sustainable agriculture.