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In 2005, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) launched an integrated rural development project in the Sofia region, with the objective of increasing rice yields by 100 percent. The APRA-GIR (L’Apprentissage Participatif Recherche Action pour la Gestion Intégrée du Riz) approach provides training to groups of farmers on alternative rice cultivation practices. Such practices include mapping, planning, using different seeds, fertilizers and water management amongst several others. In microfinance, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance has established the Première Agence de MicroFinance in Madagascar (PAMF-Madagascar). Operating in both the rural areas and small cities, PAMF works closely with the Aga Khan Foundation's rural support programme to provide financial services as part of an area development project in the Sofia region.

 

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Focus Expands Relief Effort for Victims of Cyclone Gafilo in Madagascar to Health and Education Needs
26 March 2004 - Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network, has decided to expand its emergency relief intervention into education and health care support to serve some of the more than 200,000 people affected by Cyclone Gafilo in northern Madagascar.

Aga Khan Speaks of 'New Horizons in Africa' on Visit to Madagascar
24 February 2003 - Speaking at the conclusion of a private visit to Madagascar, in the course of a working tour of East Africa, His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, today expressed cautious but pragmatic optimism about the future in certain parts of the Continent.

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