Landscapes & value chain
Nitidæ can design, develop and lead projects that preserve the environment while contributing to the local economy. Combining expertise and partnership approach, Nitidæ creates an interface of innovation able to design integrated solutions for rural territories in Africa: preserve and valorize forests, strengthen valu…
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Methods and know-how
With a team of about 90 collaborators, Nitidæ is involved in three areas of expertise: forest and climate, agriculture and market, bio-energy and circular economy. Our multidisciplinary team (economists, agronomists, foresters, soil scientists, GIS and remote sensing specialists) allows to decompartmentalize the exper…
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News
Management of financial, budgetary and accounting supervision and human resources
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Nov 4, 2022
A pilot study of remote sensing by drone and satellite to strengthen the cashew sector in Mozambique
As part of the ACAMOZ Project, the Lab’ team carried out a pilot study to test the potential of aerial and satellite imagery to improve our knowledge of cashew orchards in Mozambique
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Oct 22, 2022
We are recruiting 4 positions as part of the implementation of the BE-IN project in Burkina Faso
An organic farming certification manager, a technical sales manager, an agricultural/sesame trainer advisor and an agricultural/soya trainer advisor
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Oct 10, 2022
Detection of tree losses in the forests of Côte d'Ivoire (Bossématié) using aerial photographs take…
The drone has good potential in detecting change, at the tree scale, and could help monitor illegal clearing and land restoration in classified forests and protected areas
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Oct 3, 2022
Our 2021 annual report
Fifth year of existence for the merged entity - Nitidæ - which links agricultural, economic, social and environmental issues, at the scale of rural territories
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Sep 29, 2022
Thesis defense on the dynamics of deforestation and forest degradation in Côte d'Ivoire
Tiodionwa Ouattara admirably defended his Doctoral Thesis in Science and Technology on March 26, 2022 at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny University in Abidjan
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The WAKANDA project for participatory management of sustainable development around the protected areas in the PONASI landscape
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Sep 22, 2022
2nd number of our Policy Brief - the Nit'IDEAs - on agricultural market regulation policies approac…
The Nit'IDEAs present a critical analysis and the positioning of Nitidæ on the various themes that we address in our studies and projects
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Get involved in the development of reforestation, market access and shea processing activities in Mali
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Sep 13, 2022
Paper: Local farmers shape ecosystem service provisioning in West African cocoa agroforests
A reading of Ivorian cocoa agroforestry systems based on trees' origin while highlighting the role played by human intervention in the ability of SAFs to provide different ecosystem services
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Aug 26, 2022
A new study of the macadamia nut sector in Mozambique, its market potential and recommendations for…
The Mozambican macadamia value chain is promising, with adequate climate and an increasing demand on the market
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Aug 22, 2022
Launch of the shea campaign for an order of 50 tons of organic kernels at the Nankakoumina processi…
Soon organic and fair trade shea butter to supply the social enterprise Savannah Fruit Company based in Ghana
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Get involved in one of our flagship projects, in line with our approach: economic development coupled with a landscape approach on the outskirts of the PONASI complex
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Jun 3, 2022
Presentation at World Environment Day in Burkina of a video report on the participatory management…
This year, World Environment Day has adopted the slogan 'One Earth' and the focus is on 'Living sustainably in harmony with nature'
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May 31, 2022
From April 12 to 14, 2022, the Nitidæ Madagascar team did a Team Building in the Vakinankaratra reg…
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Association
Design, develop and lead projects that preserve the environment while contributing to the economic dynamism
Flagship actions
Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroecology, Climate, Market
LABELIVOIRE - Make accessible to all, quality products guaranteed by an Ivorian agro-ecological and/or organic PGS label
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Côte d’Ivoire
Organic Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate, Forest, Market
PSECACAO - Development of a Payment for Environmental Services (PES) system in the south-east of Côte d'Ivoire
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Multi-countries
Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, REDD+, Remote sensing
EMIVAL - Technical assistance to Valrhona for the assessment of GHG emissions, offset projects and the implementation of a carbon/biodiversity strate…
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Multi-countries
Agriculture, Agroecology, Market
POPCORD - Accompanied mid-term self-assessment of the SEPOP project to strengthen Farmer Organizations
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Burkina Faso
Agriculture, Agroforestry, Spatial Planning, Biodiversity, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, ICT
PONASI2 - Sustainable landscapes and inclusive supply chains
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Uganda
Organic Agriculture, Agroecology, Biodiversity, Forest, Market
FOGANDA - Mid-term evaluation of the project "FoFauPopU - For a new forest-fauna-population balance in Uganda"
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Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroecology, Agroforestry, Agroprocessing, Biodiversity, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, Market, REDD+, Remote sensing
TERRESIL - Territorial approach as a lever for socio-environmental resilience in 3 African landscapes of priority interest for biodiversity
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Côte d’Ivoire
Organic Agriculture, Market
BIZOCAK - Strengthening of the tools and business strategies of the SOCAK KATANA Cooperative Society
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Mozambique
Spatial Planning, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, Modeling, Remote sensing
LUCCIA - Co-development of a simulation and decision support tool for land use planning and impact assessment in the context of climate change
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Senegal
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
PROPAC - Professionalisation of the Professional Agricultural Organisations of the Agropole Centre
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Madagascar
Agroforestry, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, REDD+, Remote sensing
VANINA - Study and monitoring of deforestation in the vanilla supply basin for a company
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Côte d’Ivoire
Organic Agriculture, Agroforestry
REZOBIO - Support project for the transition towards organic and/or agroforestry cocoa production
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Madagascar
Biodiversity, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, Remote sensing
MINIFORET - Feasibility study for the definition and establishment of a mini forest for UEBT in Madagascar
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Côte d’Ivoire, Mali
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
SHEA GETS GREENER - Development of a shea butter supply chain with high environmental and social added value to create jobs and large-scale sales for…
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Madagascar
Agriculture, Agroforestry, Forest, Market
COCOCONS - Feasibility study for the creation of a company combining agro-food and conservation on vanilla and cocoa in the MaMaBay landscape in Mada…
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Bioenergy
PYROCITA - Supply and installation of a pyrolysis unit at the Cashew Innovation and Technology Center (CITA)
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France
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroecology, Spatial Planning, Biodiversity, Climate, Forest, Market
PROTEGE - Methodological support for the establishment and animation of the PROTEGE network of demonstration farms in agroecology in New Caledonia, F…
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Côte d’Ivoire
Organic Agriculture, Agroforestry, Spatial Planning, Bioenergy, Climate, Forest, Market, REDD+, Remote sensing
PRM2 - Preserve the biodiversity of Mabi-Yaya & Strengthen the socio-economic development of the Mé
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Madagascar
Bioenergy, Biodiversity, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest
MADAGROVE - Development of local bioenergies to preserve mangrove in Madagascar
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Spatial Planning, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, Modeling, Remote sensing
LUPS - Development of a spatial module for the Land-Use Planner tool
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Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Forest
COCOA4FUTURE - Sustainability of production systems and new dynamics in the cocoa sector
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Burkina Faso
Agriculture, Spatial Planning, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, Market, Remote sensing
LAND-AT-SCALE - Strengthening land governance for food security in Burkina Faso
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Côte d’Ivoire
Organic Agriculture, Agroforestry, Spatial Planning, Biodiversity, Climate, Forest, Market
TERRI4SOL - Implementation of a multifunctional management scenario of agricultural, forestry and post-forestry territories in the Mé region
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Madagascar
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Spatial Planning, Forest, Market, Remote sensing
MADANACA2 - Cashew value chain development project in the Ambilobe zone - Phase 2
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Guinea
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture
GUIMILE - Support for certified organic sesame production development in Guinea
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Burkina Faso
Spatial Planning, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, ICT
PONASI (Dikwé Ni Weogo) - Project to support the enhancement of the natural capital of the landscape and increase the resilience of riparian communit…
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Cameroon
Agroforestry, Climate, Forest, Market
TRACAM - Traceability, transparency and sustainability issues of cocoa supply-chain in Cameroon
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Burkina Faso
Agriculture, Market
SEMARKT - Training of 30 traders on good sesame transport and storage practices and design and sending of information by SMS to 28,000 producers
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Spatial Planning, Bioenergy, Climate, Forest, Market, Remote sensing
IVOMASSE - Detailed technical studies for the construction of decentralized production plants using renewable energies in Côte d'Ivoire, in particula…
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Spatial Planning, Biodiversity, Climate, Forest, Remote sensing
EVALITTO - Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment of an Integrated Coastal Development and Management Program
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroforestry, Forest
DURACOL - Sustainability of agroforestry farming practices in cocoa production systems in Côte d'Ivoire
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Multi-countries
Agroprocessing, Bioenergy, Climate, Market
BIOSTAR - Supplying sustainable bioenergy to agro-food SMEs in the Sahel
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Mozambique
Biodiversity, Climate, Forest, Remote sensing
MIOQUEIM - Study of the effect of fires on the Miombo ecosystem of Gilé National Park
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Benin, Côte d’Ivoire
Agroprocessing, Spatial Planning, Bioenergy, Climate, Market
GAZEL - Energy from agricultural industries waste through local appropriation and deployment of gas generators
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Senegal
Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
SENAGA - Implementation of the support program for SMEs in the agri-food industry in Senegal
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Burkina Faso
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Market
BE-IN - Organic, fair and inclusive to strengthen the resilience of organic cotton producers on the outskirts of the PONASI complex
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Namibia
Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Bioenergy, Climate, Forest, Market, Remote sensing
BUSHNAM - Preparatory study for a bush biomass power plant project in Otjikoto, Namibia
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Mozambique
Agroprocessing, Bioenergy, Climate, Market
CASCAJU - Energetic valorization of cashew shell by-products in Mozambique
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Senegal
Bioenergy, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest
TEFESS - Initiative of local communities for the protection and management of the coastal zone of Sine Saloum in Senegal
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Ghana
Agriculture, Market
RADIOGHAKA - Dissemination of information on shea prices in North Ghana through local radios
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Burkina Faso
Agroecology, Agroprocessing, Market
FICIEL - Support to the rice sector through innovative actions allowing an inclusive growth of the local economy
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Madagascar
Agroprocessing, Bioenergy, Climate, Forest
PYRONALA - Design, construction and installation of a heating system based on cashew nut shells in a Sahanala processing plant in Madagascar
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Agroforestry, Spatial Planning, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, Market, REDD+, Remote sensing
JURIDICI - Develop a jurisdictional approach proposal to contribute to the Côte d'Ivoire-EU policy dialogue on Côte d'Ivoire's sustainable cocoa stra…
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Côte d’Ivoire
Organic Agriculture, Agroecology, Spatial Planning, Biodiversity, Degradation-Restoration, Forest
PAP-Bio Comoé - Sustainable, participatory and integrated management of the peripheral territories of the Comoé National Park
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agroforestry, Spatial Planning, Degradation-Restoration, Forest