Mikama - Feb 7, 2018

Mamisoa Antonia dans L'Express de Madagascar

Accessibilité. 50 % des cen­tres de santé de base de Madagascar dont huit cent à mille six cent des CSB II fonctionnels seront changés en centres de santé, amis des jeunes, en l’an 2020. Ils seront censés proposer des offres sur la reproduction des jeunes. (..)  20 % des jeunes filles de moins de 24 ans ont fait des rapports sexuels avant l’âge de 15 ans. Elles sont très vulnérables lors de la grossesse. Dix femmes par jour meurent à Madagascar  lors de l’accouchement dont trois sont des adolescentes. (..)  33 % de la population malgache utilisent la planification familiale et seulement 13 à 14 % sont des jeunes de moins de 18 ans. C’est la raison de la loi sur l’usage du planning familial....

Mirana Ihariliva dans L'Express de Madagascar

« Ces ‘’bea mainty’’, comme on les appelle ici, ont détruit près de 100 ha de culture en un mois seulement dans la commune de Soahazo », se plaint Tsitindry Tsiamby, un agriculteur de maïs de cette commune. « Ces chenilles sont de nouvelles espèces, nous ne les avons pas encore rencontrées auparavant. Elles arrivent à détruire en moyenne 1ha en deux jours », a fait savoir Michel Paul Ratsaraefadahy, un autre agriculteur. D’après leurs dires, selon leur estimation, sur les 100ha, 3% seulement sont récupérables pour la commune de Soahazo

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Staple food production in Madagascar was below average in 2017. This was due to a combination of factors including Cyclone Enawo in the northeastern parts of the country, atypical dryness in many northern regions, which reduced crop yields, and relatively high cash crop prices (vanilla), which affected area planted. Harvests in southern Madagascar, were near average this year, following consecutive years of drought. At the national level, rice and maize harvests were each approximately 20 percent below 2016 levels and 11 to 21 percent below the five-year average. Cassava harvest saw a modest recovery compared to 2016 but remained similarly below-average. Rice imports continued to play an important role in staple food supply in 2017. In response to above-average domestic supply gaps, more than 400,000 metric tons (MT) of rice were imported during the first ten months of 2017, which is 78 percent above-average and double the amount imported in 2016.