CEFFEL : A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CREATED BY FIFATA AND FERT TO SERVE THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR

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.

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.