SOUTHEAST MIGRANTS, INTERCULTURAL MEDIATION AND RESILIENCE PROCESSES LINKED TO THE GINGER INDUSTRY AND CULTIVATION IN THE DISTRICT OF BRICKAVILLE, ATSINANANA REGION, MADAGASCAR

Agronomy and management

Climate change is a reality worldwide and in Madagascar. Migrant groups from southeastern Madagascar are settling in the Brickaville district of the Atsinanana Region to specialize in ginger cultivation. How is intercultural mediation and resilience achieved during the process of launching the ginger sector and the socio-economic integration of southeastern migrants? The overall aim of this project is to study the functioning of the migrants' host society and their resilience strategies. It also aims to understand the constraints that arise at all levels of production, and the farmers' systems for adapting to the socio-system and socio-ecosystem through a system of resilience. The approach adopted focuses on the analysis of interrelations and interactions between the Malagasy worldview, the functioning of Betsimisaraka society, the dimensions of fihavanana application and the material benefits obtained through social integration. The systems approach was also used to prioritize constraints and resiliencies. In addition to the 120 households surveyed, 83 people were brought together in village meetings, 7 producers and 6 collectors in focus groups, and 15 met in open interviews. The results show that launching ginger cultivation requires intercultural mediation and a process of inter-ethnic mixing. Faced with constraints of all kinds, farmers adapt their behavior to the socio-system and socio-ecosystem, reorienting their strategies through resilience systems.

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