Fighting Poverty in the Dry South of Madagascar

An aid project by: The Global Exchange for Social Investment - GEXSI (A. Renner)

Uploaded on 06-07-2007

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The “spiky” south of Madagascar is the island’s poorest region. This project provides the seed capital for a social enterprise that aims to create a new source of income for the local community based on the production of vegetable oils.The energy plant Jatropha grows on infertile soil and doesn’t replace the cultivation of aliments. Instead it represents an additional income opportunity for the local farmers on otherwise fallow land.

The project provides financing for the initial 25 hectares of land for the pilot project. With the assistance of GEXSI, the local people will acquire further funding for a bigger plantation that will have a significant impact on fighting poverty in the region.The oil will both be sold locally (for the operation of diesel generators providing electricity) and as a diesel substitute to run mini vans in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.

This project builds on the experiences gained from a pilot project in the central highlands. GEXSI will provide the necessary technical expertise.

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About the carrier of this project “The Global Exchange for Social Investment - GEXSI”
Location: Ambovombe, Madagascar
Updated on 09 February 2012, published on 06 July 2007

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W. Heilmann:

Plantagen für die Gewinnung von Öl zur Herstellung von Treibstoff steht zur Zeit, endlich, in der ö…

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W. Heilmann asked almost 4 years ago
Plantagen für die Gewinnung von Öl zur Herstellung von Treibstoff steht zur Zeit, endlich, in der öffentlichen Kritik. Das nicht ohne Grund. Sicherlich ist es ehrenvoll damit Arbeistplätze schaffen zu wollen.
Ich halte ein solches Projekt für äusserst fragwürdig zumal die Höhe des Investments auch noch sehr hoch angesetzt ist.
Ich würde vorschlagen die bestehenden landwirtschaftlichen Flächen anders zu nutzen. In der Hoffnung das bei diesem Projekt nicht auch noch Regenwälder oder sonstige Naturgebiete diesen Plänen zum Opfer fallen.
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50 Hectare Pilot Plantation

€55,000 raised

5 full-time staff for land preparation, plant nursery, planting, irrigation, organic pest control, harvesting, milling, storage; small farmer house, farm equipment; project development & management; scientific monitoring of project.

Created on 06 July 2007

A. Renner (Project Manager)

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