Institut Agro’s Pôle Tropiques et Méditerranée
Under a framework partnership agreement, Fert and the Pôle Tropiques et Méditerranée have established a collaboration centred on three key areas:
- The development of methodologies tested against on-the-ground initiatives,
- Supporting Fert’s partner agricultural trade organisations in their strategic planning,
- Further developing the training programme for careers in agricultural development within the Centre’s engineering courses
10
years of partnership
2
interventions each year
on the Moquas Master’s programme
After completing his end-of-studies placement with Fert in Madagascar, Fadel Tchatikpi joined the Fert team in Côte d’Ivoire as a Technical Adviser.
Presentation by Jean-François Tambourin – Fert Administrator, Anne Panel – director, and Fadel Tchatikpi – technical adviser in Côte d’Ivoire, as part of the Moquas Master’s programme in Montpellier in 2025
Two students, Lucie Monne and Lucile Guiheneuf, carried out two studies in Morocco on the almond and apple sectors.
Betty Wampfler, a lecturer and researcher at the Institut Agro, has coordinated several studies for Fert and its partners.
In 2022–2023, she coordinated:
- A study of the effects and impact of Fert’s support in four sub-Saharan African countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya and Madagascar
- A project to document 35 years of Fert’s support in Madagascar.
International cooperation is one of the six core missions of agricultural education. It is within this framework that the CNEAP has joined forces with Fert to support the training and professional integration of young people in the agricultural sector in Madagascar. The CNEAP also organises educational initiatives designed to open up its 170 institutions to the wider world, drawing in particular on its partnership with Fert.
25
years of partnership
308 000€
donations made as part of charity initiatives by 82 agricultural sixth-form colleges
Donation of a cheque during the CNEAP-Occitanie secondary schools’ Solidarity Day in April 2025
Florence Machefer – Secretary-General of the CNEAP, Jean-François Tambourin – President of the CNEAP Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and Paul-Henri Doublier – President of the Lycée de Nermont, travelled to Madagascar on a mission focusing on agricultural training
Students on the sales course have organised a number of activities involving the packaging, labelling and sale of Madagascan vanilla and lavandin essential oil, with the proceeds going to the Fekama agricultural colleges.