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Agriculture in Madagascar is heavily influenced by the island's rainfall, which is generally abundant on the whole East coast, decreases sharply on the highlands, and falls to less than 500 mm per year in the South and South-West. The main growing season starts with the first rains in October – November.
Seaweed farming is practiced in the northeastern region of the island in conjunction with the IBIS Madagascar company. Harvesting is done in a coastal zone, usually by women and children. [10] Along with Tanzania, Madagascar is the top producer of aquaculture seaweed in Africa. [11]
Anosibe Ambohiby was founded in 2008 by Betsileo farmers from the Manandriana District, about 380 kilometres (240 mi) to the south.As overcrowding worsened in their hometown, the farmers migrated in search of a large plot of arable land.
Madagascar is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Southeast Africa. Madagascar belongs to the group of least developed countries , according to the United Nations. [ 1 ] Ecotourism and agriculture, paired with greater investments in education, health, and private enterprise, are key elements of Madagascar's development strategy.
Change in per capita GDP of Madagascar, 1950–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International dollars. The economy of Madagascar is US$9.769 billion by gross domestic product as of 2020, being a market economy and is supported by an agricultural industry and emerging tourism, textile and mining industries.
Nosy Komba (from Malagasy, lit. "island of lemurs"), also known as Nosy Ambariovato, is a small circular volcanic island 27.9 km 2 (10.8 sq mi) in area. It is located 3 km (2 mi) south of the larger island of Nosy Be and 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Ankify, the nearest point of the main island of Madagascar.
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Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa , it is the world's fourth largest island , the second-largest island country and the 46th largest country in the world.