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Urban agriculture in Antananarivo by Hotel ★★★ Restaurant Gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga.

The benefits of urban agriculture are not limited to the reduction of the emission of methane gas.
The urban garden is a mechanism for adaptation to climate change.
"Methane from the decomposition of organic waste gas has twenty-one times more impact on global warming than carbon dioxide. Urban agriculture is, Yet an alternative, to reduce the gas emissions by transforming waste into fertilizer., has explained Carmen Zuleta Ferrari, responsible for the implementation of a sector Agriculture Urbaine Low Space No. Space (AULNA). It was last week, at the conference debate on "urban agriculture in Antananarivo. : a mechanism for adaptation to climate change., the French Institute of Madagascar, Analakely.

The benefits of urban agriculture are confined not only on the reduction of the emission of methane gas. "The establishment of these waste composting station significantly also reduces the carbon dioxide emitted by cars, transporting them in the Andralanitra site., continues Manager. Food security related disasters, including, to climate change, also part of the strengths of urban agriculture.

Pilot project
"A micro garden of one square meter, can produce 16 Kg of vegetables varied short every two months. "These are major sources of income and food during the hurricane and flood., has added Carmen Zuleta Ferrari. Currently, one hundred six homes, eight social centres and seven primary schools, practice this sustainable development model in the capital.

"In total, six hundred people are direct beneficiaries of urban agriculture. This project also allows to recover the waste as drums, used tires and old bags., argues AULNA Program Manager. Using a fruitful beginning of this project pilot, Tamara Tang-Philip, Permanent Representative of the ile de France Region in Madagascar, and Director of the Institute of the trades of the town, has indicated that the Agriculture sector Urban Space No Space Low would be presented at the Conference of Presidents on climate change in France, at the end of this month.

by Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga