The Agricultural Professional Training and Support Center (CAFPA) in Antsirabe, Madagascar has recently organized a week dedicated to the environment, as part of its partnership with the OCP Foundation.
Intervening within the framework of the CAFPA support project in Antsirabe, this event aimed to strengthen the technical capacities of the beneficiary executives and to raise their awareness around themes related to the management and preservation of local biodiversity, said a press release on Thursday of the OCP Foundation.
The training sessions organized as well as the various practical works carried out in the field have also made it possible to highlight the importance of the management of natural resources, the fight against desertification, as well as innovative agricultural practices, specifies the same source.
Several theoretical and practical training sessions, both face-to-face and remotely, were provided to 60 learners from the Antsirabe center, 32 trainers from the seven CAFPA centers, and senior researchers from the National Center for Applied Research in Development Rural (FOFIFA).
They focused on relevant topics such as applying Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) to restore degraded lands or even reforesting and regenerating biodiversity.
For Ramanitrandrasana Harena Fiononantsoa, an apprentice at CAFPA Antsirabe, “the training courses organized during this week made it possible to acquire new knowledge, particularly with regard to the production of young plants in the nursery.”
“In addition to contributing to the improvement of the environment, this is an activity that could well be a source of income… We need to produce and exploit to live, but it is essential to preserve our environment, to care about the future of future generations. Let’s reforest to regenerate our biodiversity,” she added.
For his part, the trainer at CAFPA Antsirabe, Randrianalty Tsiry Nambinintsoa, said that at the end of the 5 days of training “we have acquired nursery techniques to produce young seedlings of forest and fruit trees to regenerate biodiversity thanks to the reforestation. Aware of the degradation of the environment, we believe that by continuing this action on a large scale, Madagascar will once again become a green island.”
This initiative, which will be duplicated at the level of two other CAFPA centers, is perfectly in line with sustainable development objectives such as the fight against climate change, the preservation of biodiversity, and even sustainable partnerships for development.
The partnership between the OCP Foundation and CAFPA aims to develop and modernize the training provided within CAFPA through the capacity building of trainers and learners and the provision of teaching resources, while upgrading the infrastructure and equipment of the center, recalls the same source.
The project will also provide the center with a library as well as an online training room with all the computer and technological equipment essential for holding technical training, in addition to small tools and livestock equipment for practical work, the statement said.
On the strength of these successful experiences, the partners aim to develop a new project aimed at contributing to inclusive community development centered on the preservation of local biodiversity and the empowerment of local actors.
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