February 2024: support for an agricultural project (pork + irrigated market gardening) in Senegal
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Onion plots on the 4.5 ha property |
QUALI'FARM Agreement
The project owner is a Senegalese who studied and worked in France, and who has now retired to launch an agricultural project in his native country. The project, on a 5-hectare plot of land, combines pig breeding with irrigated market gardening. His aim is to contribute to his country's food sovereignty, while at the same time creating a job-creating activity. AVe's pork and vegetable production experts will provide support to ensure the success of his project. |
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February 2024 : site supervision mission in Senegal
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Eric with the head of the Senegalese construction company |
Construction site supervision for a dispensary and maternity clinic in Djilas, Senegal
For the 3rd time, Eric, an AVe expert specializing in building management, visited Djilas to check on the progress of the dispensary and maternity hospital construction site. On-site findings : work is progressing more slowly than expected, but it's making headway. The company is doing a good job, and the schedule is such that completion is scheduled for next April, with inauguration scheduled for the end of the year. |
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February 2024 : 2nd edition of the guide for pig farmers in Africa
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A guide to sustainable African pig farming |
An improved 2nd edition of the guide
The 1st edition of the guide, launched at SPACE 2023, was distributed in several African countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Gabon... The 2nd edition takes into account feedback from the 1st edition. As a result, it has been expanded (48 tip sheets), while remaining pedagogical: minimum text, lots of diagrams, tables and photos of African pig farms. By presenting good farming practices adapted to Africa, this guide presents itself as a guide to sustainable African pig farming. |
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February 2024: renewal of framework agreement with AXIOM
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synergy between the two partners for the benefit of African pig farmers |
Objective : to perpetuate the partnership between AVe and AXIOM, the French leader in swine genetics.
After a year's collaboration, during which we got to know each other and carried out a number of actions together, we agreed to sign a new three-year framework agreement. Concrete actions carried out over the past year include: the publication of the guide for pig breeders in Africa, its launch at a joint conference at SPACE 2023 in Rennes, the start of distribution of the guide in several African countries (Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, etc.). |
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January 2024 : audit of a mechanical workshop in Tunisia
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A new, well-equipped mechanical workshop with qualified personnel
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Suggest an appropriate layout for the workshop and ways to develop the business
Patrick, an AVe expert specializing in mechanical engineering, carried out an audit of a brand-new mechanical workshop set up by a Tunisian SME which had decided to enter this new business. For a week, Patrick worked alongside the workshop's Tunisian staff. At the end of his mission, he submitted a report proposing improvements to the layout of the workshop, as well as ways of developing the workshop's activity, particularly in terms of subcontracting.
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December 2023 : videoconference for an association of pig farmers in Burkina Faso
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Theme of the visioconference : biosecurity on a pig farm in Africa
Bernard AVe expert led a videoconference for fifteen pig breeders from Burkina Faso. These farmers have ordered High Genetic Value gilts from AXIOM, the French leader in pig genetics. This is a high-risk operation in a country where ASF (African Swine Fever) is present everywhere. Hence the importance of taking the right measures at farm level. Bernard presented these measures in a slide show on the theme of biosecurity on a pig farm in Africa. Video appears to be an excellent way of transferring knowledge to developing countries. |
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November 2023 : marketing mission for an SME in Algeria
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Jean-Baptiste AVe & PUM and
Ahmed CEO of the SME "Many Toys"
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Proposing a marketing plan for a toy manufacturing SME in Algeria
As part of an agreement with PUM (Dutch association for the transfer of voluntary skills, like AVe), AVe expert Jean-Baptiste spent two weeks in Algeria.
The 1st step was the Gardaïa oasis, home to the toy manufacturing plant of the SME "Many Toys", which was requesting marketing support. Then, with the CEO of the SME, Jean-Baptiste visited several customers in different cities across the country: Algiers, Constantine, Oran... At the end of the mission, Jean-Baptiste presented the CEO with a marketing plan tailored to the company.
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October 2023 : audit of a cocoa cooperative in Ivory Coast
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CADESA : an ambitious cooperative
that has already climbed several levels
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Getting to know the cocoa cooperative in Ivory Coast before prospecting for it in Europe
Following the agreement signed in March 2023 between CADESA and AVe, AVe expert Pierre spent a week in Ivory Coast to get to know the cooperative well, before prospecting for partners. The program was packed with visits to plantations, the cooperative's head office and warehouses in the Sassandra department, and participation in the SARA (Salon de l'Agriculture) in Abidjan.
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September 2023 : AVe strategy seminar
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How can we continue to transfer volunteer skills to developing and emerging countries in the current world storm?
At the last general meeting of AVe experts in Rennes, a segment chaired by Jacques Van Egten (President of CESES) was devoted to the future of our association. A number of challenges lie ahead: the post-COVID era, insecurity, diplomatic barriers, the hold of terrorist groups over ever-expanding areas, the need to take account of global warming, funding difficulties, ... all constraints to be taken into account. Despite all this, the demand for expertise is still there, and is even tending to increase ! |
A studious seminar in a relaxed atmosphere |
September 2023 : Co-hosting a conference on the development of pig production in Africa at SPACE (Salon International de L'Elevage à Rennes)
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AXIOM and AVe co-host a conference on the development of pig production in Africa
AXIOM, the French leader in pig genetics, markets High Genetic Value pig breeding stock and boar semen (for insemination) in Africa. AVe has recognized experience in advising on pig production in Africa. Experts from both organizations led a conference on the development of pig production in Africa before an audience of some 50 people, the majority of whom were African pig breeders. On this occasion, the guide for pig farmers in Africa was presented. |
Some of the participants at the SPACE conference |
