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
Nov 7, 2023
We are recruiting a carbon project manager
Ready to: carry out carbon assessments, assess the carbon impact linked to land use change, identify future risks of deforestation, use remote sensing tools...?
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Nov 7, 2023
Methods for identifying degraded land in Mozambique and modeling future wildlife distribution in Ma…
Presentations made by Frédérique Montfort at the Scientific Conference of the Forest Environment Division of IUFRO
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In Côte d'Ivoire, cashew nut shells represent revenues of 6-8% of the cost price of nuts
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Oct 24, 2023
Cocoa agroforestry in West Africa - Experiences from the private sector and opportunities for colla…
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Technical expertise for companies wishing to improve the performance of their agricultural value chains, mitigate their impact on the environment or stimulate local economic development
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The CNSL market offers many opportunities and the energy and chemical sectors are interested in it as a substitute for petroleum
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Long assumed, the presence of chimpanzees in the Mé region has now been proven thanks to a camera trap
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An article published in Mongabay about our project which provides extra income for hundreds of women living next to Gilé National Park in the center of the country
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Produce a reference map of cashew orchards in Côte d'Ivoire and develop an harvest forecasting model, spatialized on a national scale
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Jul 18, 2023
Land occupation and use in the Mé Region, Côte d'Ivoire: deforestation continues, but conservation…
Thanks to the creation of the Mabi-Yaya Nature Reserve, deforestation has been slowed down by 60% - the annual rate of deforestation in this reserve has fallen from 1.55% (2016-2019) to 0.59% (2019-…
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Jun 8, 2023
The 1st biomass gasification self-production plant built by IED Invest in Africa soon to be operati…
Transforming cashew nut shells from the Tolaro Global factory into electricity in Benin
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Nitidæ presented its actions carried out on the outskirts of the Mabi-Yaya nature reserve in the Mé region of Côte d'Ivoire
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Apr 6, 2023
Advanced training in remote sensing for the establishment of a clearing monitoring system for the M…
From November 28 to December 2, 2022, around fifteen agents from the Ivorian Office of Parks and Reserves (OIPR) were trained by two members of the N'Lab in the operational use of deforestation monit…
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We eat chocolate in which cocoa is the main ingredient. But under what conditions is this cocoa produced?
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The equipment of the first biomass gasification plant built with the support of the Agro_Gazelec program is being delivered to the site
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Design, develop and lead projects that preserve the environment while contributing to the economic dynamism
Flagship actions
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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Madagascar
Agriculture, Climate, Market, Modeling
PARMADA - Agricultural risk assessment study in Madagascar through a value chain approach
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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
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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Côte d’Ivoire
Agroprocessing, Bioenergy, Climate
VALBICUI - Technical support for the design of an energy recovery project for agricultural by-products in Côte d'Ivoire
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Multi-countries
Agriculture, Forest, Market, REDD+
SEMEFI - Training and animation of the EFI seminar around the cocoa market
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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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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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Senegal
Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
INCOME - Team Europe Initiative Agropole Center Project - Gunge Mbay - for inter-individual commercial intermediation in Senegal
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Agroforestry, Forest, Market
BIZCOOP - Analysis of profitability and access to agroforestry for cocoa growers of the Ecookim federation of cooperatives
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Madagascar
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
MADLABEL - Study of labels and certifications in Madagascar and action plan to support their development in order to promote products and improve add…
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Mali
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroforestry, Climate, Forest, Market
MANGODIV - Study of the possibilities of diversifying mango producers from the ComaFruits fruit factory in Mali for the Forotigui-Djigui project
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Benin
Agriculture, Market
VCCOTTON - Analysis of the cotton value chain in Benin and study of the social, economic and environmental impacts of an investment in the sector
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Togo
Agriculture
MECATOGO - Needs diagnostic study for agricultural mechanization, irrigation equipment and services in Togo
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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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Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Agroforestry, Climate, Forest, REDD+
CARBONEX - Consulting services to support targeted analysis on NDC implementation - Forest/cocoa and national climate infrastructure
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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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Sierra Leone
Agriculture, Market
CASHCASHEW - End evaluation of the Cashing in on Cashew project in Sierra Leone
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Morocco
Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
MAGROC - Support for ISARA's Food'Africa Program to identify new Moroccan academic and professional partners
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
ANADORA - Assistance to a cashew nut processing plant for organic certification in Côte d'Ivoire
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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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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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Madagascar
Agriculture, Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Climate, Forest, Market
VANIREG - Feasibility Assessment on Regenerative Agriculture in Unilever’s Vanilla supply chain in Madagascar
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Côte d’Ivoire
Biodiversity, Climate, Forest, REDD+, Remote sensing
YAREDD - Feasibility study of a REDD+ project on the Mabi Yaya Nature Reserve in Côte d'Ivoire
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agroprocessing, Bioenergy, Climate, Market
ANACARDORP - Study of the cashew shell market for a CNSL extraction unit investment in Côte d'Ivoire
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Guinea
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest
GUIN4LIFE - Study for a program aimed at improving the governance and management of areas and flagship species of Guinea's natural heritage
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Côte d’Ivoire
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
ECOCAJOU - Executive business plan for the establishment of a cashew nut processing unit in Côte d'Ivoire
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Togo
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
TOGOSOY - 4 studies on soybeans from Togo, human consumption, market information, biological traceability and industrial audit
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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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Senegal
Biodiversity, Climate, Degradation-Restoration, Forest, REDD+, Remote sensing
BIOSPHER - Scaling-up study of a REDD+ project in the Saloum delta biosphere reserve in Senegal
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Colombia
Agroforestry
METACACAO - Design of an agroforestry model for cocoa, based on the principles of regenerative agriculture, in the department of Meta in Colombia
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Multi-countries
Forest, Modeling
DEFOREFF - Assessment of deforestation by country based on the criteria of the French Forest Footprint Framework
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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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Multi-countries
Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market, ICT
MISHEW - Midterm evaluation of the west-african cashew value chain project (PRO-Cashew) in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria
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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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Belize
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroforestry, Agroprocessing
BELBIO - Conversion to Regenerative and Organic Agriculture of 800 ha of agroforestry fruit production and juice processing in Belize
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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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Mozambique
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroforestry, Market, REDD+
ACAMOZ - Support to the cashew nut value chain in Mozambique
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Côte d’Ivoire
Market
VCA4D - Market Analysis Note of Cashew Value Chain in Côte d’Ivoire
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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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Senegal
Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
SENAGA - Implementation of the support program for SMEs in the agri-food industry in Senegal
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Senegal
Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
SOIGNON - Establishment of an outgrowers network of onion producers in Senegal
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Tanzania
Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, Agroprocessing, Market
BIOTAN - Full diagnosis of an organic cashew nut processor in Tanzania to establish its long term business strategy
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Mozambique
Biodiversity, Climate, Forest, Remote sensing