- Written by agriadmin
- Published: 09 May 2016
Effective August 2013,
AgriSmart, Inc. was awarded over 1 million acres of land for farming and forestry through a partnership with
SODEFOR Society for Development of Forests, a government agency in
Cote d’Ivoire.
SODEFOR has agreed to lease AgriSmart a 20 year tenancy of certified forests and land for cultivating corn and other agricultural products while creating better-than-average-wage jobs.
AgriSmart is introducing industrial agriculture in combination with reforestation using a system called “
taungya” of intercropping between trees for optimized yields.
In addition, with financial assistance from the
Agency for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (ADDR;
addr.ci),
AgriSmart will train and build a network of contract farmers producing staple crops that are part of the Ivorian diet, many of which are currently imported, as well as commodity products for export.
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Effective August 2013, AgriSmart, Inc. was awarded over 1 million acres of land for farming and forestry through a partnership with SODEFOR Society for Development of Forests, a government agency in Cote d’Ivoire. SODEFOR has agreed to lease AgriSmart a 20 year tenancy of certified forests and land for cultivating corn and other agricultural products while creating better-than-average-wage jobs.
AgriSmart is introducing industrial agriculture in combination with reforestation using a system called “taungya” of intercropping between trees for optimized yields.
In addition, with financial assistance from the Agency for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (ADDR; addr.ci), AgriSmart will train and build a network of contract farmers producing staple crops that are part of the Ivorian diet, many of which are currently imported, as well as commodity products for export.