
Context
Diversifying Malagasy farmers’ income
Ceffel is a specialized farmers’ organization, created in 2006 at the initiative of Fifata and Fert, to meet the demand of farmers of diversifying their incomes on farms through the production of fruits and vegetables.
Over the past 15 years, Ceffel has been recognized as a key player in the sector and in agricultural training in Madagascar. Being driven by farmers and deeply anchored to the Fifata group enables Ceffel to respond in a concrete way to the needs of Malagasy farmers. Its 20 hectar farm is an essential support for training and learning by doing.
Objectives
Advisory service, experimentation and training
Training producers, lead farmers, technicians and agricultural advisors | Rigorously testing agricultural innovations under farming conditions and facilitating their dissemination through training | Collecting, analyzing and disseminating vegetable prices to producers |
Actions
Quality services for the development of the fruits and vegetables sector
Ceffel aims at being a reference for farmers through:
• Training: fruits and vegetables productions, markets intelligence for farmers, lead farmers, technicians and agricultural advisors.
• Experimentation: identification of tests to be conducted according to the needs of the farmers, conducting experiments and tests in a farming environment and disseminating the results through training and open days on the farm.
• Market information: by analyzing and disseminating (by email, SMS, information board…) the prices of vegetables from Madagascar’s main markets.
PARTNERS



MADAGASCAR
: Ceffel Center
Areas of intervention of the Ceffel association:
: for the Fifata group: experiments and training
: for other partners: visits and trainings

pre-base seed potatoes produced per year
visitors on the farm educational per year
experimental works 90 tests carried out in rural areas per year
information recipients price by sms (Siel)
seed potatos multipliers
lead farmers
300 farmers and
150 technicians trained per year
Linked News

Cirad’s expertise to support Fifata producers in the production of vegetable seeds
Fert's news, Home page, News, Non classifié(e) Madagascar Farm advisory, Value chains MDG_Ceffel, MDG_Fifata
Meeting with farmers from the Fifata group in Madagascar to expand sponsorship
Fert's news, Home page, News Madagascar Agricultural financing, Sustainable agriculture MDG_Ceffel, MDG_Fekama, MDG_Fifata
Access to quality seeds and seedlings: two experiences with farmer multiplier systems in Burkina Faso and Madagascar
Fert's news, Home page, News Burkina Faso, Madagascar Farm advisory, Supply BFA_Niébé Go-In, MDG_Ceffel
Partnership with CIRAD to develop vegetable seed production for the Fifata group (Madagascar)
Fert's news, Home page, News Madagascar Agricultural training, Expérimentation agricole, Sustainable agriculture MDG_Ceffel
Agroecology, practices to be disseminated?
Fert's news, Home page, News Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar Expérimentation agricole, Sustainable agriculture BFA_Niébé Go-In, MDG_Ceffel
EXCHANGING BETWEEN FARMERS TO ENVISAGE THE FUTURE: THE AMBIOKA ACTION IN MADAGASCAR
Fert's news, Home page, News Madagascar Farm advisory, Value chains MDG_Cap Malagasy, MDG_Ceffel, MDG_Fifata
MADAGASCAR: CEFFEL BIO-INPUTS, AN ECOLOGICALLY EFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE FOR FIFATA GROUP FARMERS
Fert's news, Home page, News Madagascar Expérimentation agricole MDG_Ceffel
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SEED POTATO VALUE CHAIN BY THE FIFATA GROUP IN MADAGASCAR
Fert's news, Home page, News Madagascar Supply, Value chains MDG_Ceffel, MDG_Fifata
YOUNG PEOPLE AND MALAGASY FARMERS’ ORGANIZATIONS ACT AGAINST DEFORESTATION
Fert's news, Home page, News, Videos Madagascar Sustainable agriculture, Youth MDG_Ceffel, MDG_Fifata
POTATOES: THE MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME FOR VFTV-FIFATA PRODUCERS
Fert's news, Home page, News Madagascar Marketing MDG_Ceffel, MDG_Fifata
THE FIFATA GROUP MEETS THE ACTORS OF THE FRENCH SEED POTATO SECTOR
Fert's news, Home page, News France Farm advisory, Professional representation, Value chains MDG_Ceffel, MDG_Fifata
New supports for agroecological practice [Madagascar]
Fert's news, Home page, News Madagascar Agricultural training, Farm advisory, Sustainable agriculture MDG_Ceffel
Ceffel Open day: the strawberry in the spotlight [Madagascar]
Fert's news, Home page, News, Videos Madagascar Agricultural training, Farm advisory, Marketing, Sustainable agriculture, Value chains MDG_Ceffel
From Hauts-de-France region to Val de Loire, journey to fruits and vegetables land for a Ceffel’s délégation [Madagascar]
Fert's news, Home page, News, Non classé Madagascar Farm advisory, Marketing, Supply MDG_CeffelLinked Resources

Pedagogical planks: some good agroecological practices [MDG]
Non classé Madagascar Sustainable agriculture MDG_Ceffel
Pedagogical booklet: some good practices in agroecology [MDG]
Non classé Madagascar Sustainable agriculture MDG_Ceffel
Agronomic experiments in Ceffel 2004-2015 [Madagascar]
Non classé Madagascar Sustainable agriculture MDG_Ceffel