Côte d’Ivoire Project
Following the Symposium "Entrepreneurship against malnutrition" organized on November 25 and 26, 2019 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, the Fondation Avril committed to implement, in the field, the proposals...
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Entrepreneurship and transition of agricultural models
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“Biodiversity and proteins” project in Southern Togo
As part of a partnership launched in June 2020, AFDI (Association Agriculteurs Français et Développement International) is supporting UROPC-M (Farmers' Organization of the Maritime Region, in southern Togo) in...
CIFS professionalization project in Togo
In Togo, the Ministry of Agriculture made an official request to the Fondation Avril and Agropol to support the professionalization of the soybean interprofessional organization, the CIFS (Soybeans...
Fermes d’Avenir
Created at the end of 2013, the Fermes d'Avenir association, has the mission to develop agroecology. Through the creation of farms, its trainings, its competitions, its publications, its participative...
Agr’eau
In 2012, the French Agroforestry Association (AFAF) launched the Agr'eau programme to implement agro-ecology and protect water resources. Agr'eau is applied on the scale of large river basins. The historical...
Numagri
Conducted by a consortium of key players in the agricultural sector, initially led by Fondation Avril, the project initiated by NumAgri aims to promote value creation for French farmers by facilitating data...
Symposium « Entreprendre contre la malnutrition »
During Sara (Salon International de l’Agriculture et des Ressources Animales), Fondation Avril organized with a group of institutional and economical partners a conference entitled « Entreprendre contre la...
Call for Proposals – Territories with Positive Agriculture
In 2019, Fondation Avril and French government launched the call for projects « Massif central, Territories with Positive Agriculture » in order to initiate the emergence of local multi-actor projects in...
AFDI Mali
Fondation Avril has been supporting AFDI since 2019 in a project to test digital agricultural services (management solutions, training, weather informations, price trends, stocks, experts advices, etc.) with...
Moringa Fund
With the Moringa Fund, Fondation Avril takes part in an experimental program aimed at developing virtuous models around oil palm, cultivated in agroforestry by independent farmers....
Optigerm
In 2019, Fondation Avril financed the Optigerm project, carried out as part of a partnership between CIRAD, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of Abomey-Calavi University, Nutrinat and the Technical University...
SEED Project
Since 2017, Fondation Avril has been supporting the Seed Project, which sources and identifies new technologies adapted to agricultural transformation, especially for African family farmers....
MOOC « Sols et Changement Climatique »
As part of its « Soils and Climate » mission, Fondation Avril supports Agreenium through the development of an online course (MOOC – « Sols et Changement Climatique », Soils and Climate Change), to help spread...
Long-Term Unemployed Zero Territories
Fondation Avril is convinced that there is a pool of unfilled jobs in agriculture that limits the development of new agricultural activities. Short channels, for instance, force farmers to get involved in...
Chair « Mutations Agricoles »
This Chair is based in particular on the work of eight professors-researchers in sociology and economics....
R-STEPPS
The R-Stepps project, led by a team from College de France and supported by Fondation Avril, aims to automate tree planting in dry lands, thanks to a coordinated fleet of small rustic robots with complementary...
Cuma-Bénin Aquitaine
In 2017, Fondation Avril made a commitment to the Cuma-Bénin-Aquitaine Association and the National Union of Cuma in Benin (UNCuma) to develop a mechanized soybean sector, from north to south Benin....
Agrisud International
Thanks to Fondation Avril and a public call for generosity on the crowdfunding platform MiiMOSA, Agrisud International updated the guide « Agroecology into practice », launched by the OGN in 2010....
Emmaüs France
An increasing number of Emmaus network structures want to develop projects that combine sustainable agriculture and social inclusion....
Graines d’Agriculteurs competition
Fondation Avril and the Academy of Agriculture supported for the first time in 2018 the « Graines d’Agriculteurs » competition, which rewards young farmers with innovative paths....
Initiative France
Initiative France has launched the « Remarkable Initiative » program, targeting entrepreneurs combining economic success and voluntary responsible commitment....
Gret
Fondation Avril has been supporting GRET since 2017, which supports the Centre Technique Agroécologique du Sud (CTAS) in the great south of Madagascar, in restoring the fertility of soils that have been...
Oracle
Cereal-legumes intercropping is an old agricultural practice in many countries. It is also a promising agro-ecological practice, which enable the development of better cropping systems and preservation of...
France Active
To help young people from rural areas to create their own business, Fondation Avril has chosen to support France Active since 2016, as part of the project Cap’Jeunes Ruraux....
AgroParisTech Foundation
To support AgroParisTech’s students with their innovative business projects, the AgroParisTech Foundation has created « l’Itinéraire Entrepreneuriat »....
Au Cœur des Paysans
The association Au cœur des Paysans offers visits to farms along a hiking trail that crosses France by the « diagonal of emptiness » from Charleville-Mézières to Fort-Romeu....
Campagnon
Compagnon is a digital platform that offers residents of peri-urban and rural areas a range of services between individuals or between individuals and professionals around food, childcare, mobility and...
Soybean sector in Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso, Fondation Avril and Agropol signed a memorandum of understanding in 2016 with the Burkinabe Governement on the soybean sector, in particular around production development....