AreaMadagascar

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date11/11/2019

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support

DescriptionAnnounced plans to establish ‘Dokany Mora’ throughout the country through which it would avail producers with agricultural equipment, seeds and fertilizer support at subsidized prices. The initiative was in line with its aim to attain food self-sufficiency, a plan that also foresaw the rehabilitation of 100 000 ha for rice cultivation, of which 35 000 ha would have already been rehabilitated by the state.According to press reports, set a ceiling of MGA 1 800 (USD 0.47) per kg on rice prices to counter a sudden rise in local quotations occurring in the context of the COVID-19 emergency.