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 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...
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...
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...
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...
CBI is the Dutch agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy supporting the development of small and medium entreprises from developing countries in their efforts to export to Europe. Following are large extracts (slightly modified for the...
International consultant, study and sustainable development of natural products value chains. Specialist of markets of origin, quality and high value products. Expert on Access and Benefit Sharing. Keynote speaker on transition to an ecological economy & society.