Post natural disaster resilience in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Post natural disaster resilience in Sulawesi, Indonesia

4 Jan, 2023

Some countries and regions are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. This is the case of Indonesia, with its numerous active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes, on the “Pacific Ring of Fire”. Sulawesi (known in France as Celebes), the 4th largest...
The Indian Ocean seeks to value its biodiversity

The Indian Ocean seeks to value its biodiversity

4 Jan, 2023

The West of the Indian Ocean comprises French and francophone islands where aromatic, medicinal and perfume plants as well as spices are abundant, including in Madagascar, the Comoros Union and Mayotte. Only 70 to 300 km apart, they have a high level of endemic...
Artemisia annua, a plant between medicine and politics

Artemisia annua, a plant between medicine and politics

30 Jul, 2020

Published by Alternatives Économiques. Against the coronavirus, can African countries promote a herbal remedy derived from traditional medicine? A controversy on this issue reveals the opposition between two models of health. On April 20, when the epidemic due to...
Comoros: developing export and food value chains

Comoros: developing export and food value chains

1 Oct, 2019

In June 2019, the French Development Agency entrusted us through Tero an assignment, for the Union of the Comoros: a feasibility study of a 4 year project for the development of cash (ylang ylang essential oil, vanilla and clove, mainly) and vegetable value chains on...
Ylang ylang from the Comoros: Saving distillation fuel wood

Ylang ylang from the Comoros: Saving distillation fuel wood

28 May, 2019

Evaluation of the Ylang value chain – Improved Distillation programme In March 2019, a team led by Pierre JOHNSON, international consultant, with Wassilati MBAE, expert of the Comoros ylang ylang value chain, conducted the evaluation of the 2nd phase of the...