Newsletter – First-Half Activities 1 • January – June 2026
During the first semester of 2026, the Minimal Irrigation Project (MIP) intensified agricultural research conducted with and for farmers. Activities focused on 4 crops (potato, green bean, common bean and leek) across 9 experimental sites in 3 regions of Madagascar. Four major experiments assessed integrated cropping and fertilization practices for common bean, planting densities for green bean, the causes of leaf drying in leek, and the effects of different fertilizers on potato production. In
26 Aug 2026
MINIMAL IRRIGATION PROJECT Newsletter: MIP 2025 Meeting – Review & 2026 Launch A meeting for development with and for farmers
Following three years of collaboration with over 500 farming households, the Farming & Technology for Africa (FTA) project—in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and ESSA—organized this gathering. At the heart of the MIP 2025 meeting, participants explored and discussed several key themes derived from field-based research. These presentations highlighted concrete results that producers can directly apply, while fostering dialogue among researchers, technicians, and farme
27 Jul 2026
Our 2026 research activities
The warm and rainy cropping season ended with the green bean harvest at the Ambohidray research site in the Analamanga Region. Research focused on optimizing green bean planting density, evaluating ridge cultivation, identifying the causes of leek leaf dieback, and comparing organic and mineral fertilization in potato production. Key findings showed that 20-cm ridges combined with appropriate fertilization significantly improve bean yields, leek leaf dieback results from multiple interacting fa
10 Jul 2026