Earth Day: building resilience to climate change in Madagascar

In Madagascar, for instance, there is a worrisome increase in cyclonic activity. The country, which already has one of the highest poverty rates in the world, now experiences an average of three cyclones per year that are destroying the environment, livelihoods and habitats. In addition, between 2018 and 2022, the south of the island experienced a prolonged drought due to increasingly scarce rainfall, which has led to adverse consequences on the food security of the population.

Thanks to a $27,000 grant from the Foundation, MATOR was able to purchase materials to put in place beekeeping activities, as well as purchase honey plants, such as coffee, clove, lychee, goldenrod, orange, apple, pepper and pineapple, to encourage production. With the funds, MATOR has also been able to offer various management, beekeeping, agroecology and environmental protection training courses to participants.