Funding of 5 millions of Euros from Germany by Hotel ★★★ Gourmet restaurant Coco Lodge Majunga.
A five-year project will be implemented to develop marine aquaculture in the region of DIANA and inland aquaculture in regions of the Highlands.
A new form of partnership is emerging between Madagascar and the Germany. It enters the field of marine and continental aquaculture. "It is a first in the country.". Indeed, the German Government will support this sector by funding in the amount of 5 EUR million project spread over a period of five years, between 2016 and 2021 ». Rasamoel Jean-Jacques, the Secretary general of the Ministry of fish resources and fisheries, announced at the opening of the workshop for the return of the mission of design of the program of work by Madagascar under the comprehensive programme "Fisheries and Aquaculture sustainable" at the hotel Colbert.
German technicians.
In fact, "this partnership follows a meeting with the representative of GIZ which was held last year in Brussels in conjunction with the meeting ACP-European Union.. The German Cooperation is thus interested in working in the field of fisheries and aquaculture. German technicians are now in Madagascar, and this for two weeks, to study the feasibility of the project in the areas predefined such as the regions of DIANA, Analamanga, Itasy, Vakinankaratra, «Amoron'i ' i Mania and Haute Matsiatra., He continued. It involves a partnership between the Ministry of the fisheries resource and the German federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and development (BMZ) with the German Cooperation (GIZ).
Consumption.
The objective is to develop the seaweed and the holothuriculture in the region of DIANA and the fish and the rice-fish culture in the regions of the Highlands, in order to improve the income of farmers while combating food insecurity. Note that Madagascar has a vast expanse of conducive to marine and inland aquaculture water. "The promotion of these aquaculture activities also aims to increase the annual consumption of fish per capita of the population of. 5 to 7 kg through improving the availability and accessibility of products and value chains", has concluded Rasamoel Jean Jacques.
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