ARAG (2016/today)

ARAG (2016/today)

The Rural Agricultural Association of French Guiana (ARAG) was founded in 2010 by a group of farmers and people committed to the promotion of the French Guianese heritage and to production.

Through reasoned agricultural practices of plants whose heritage stems from the Amazon basin, ARAG also strives to conserve and enhance archaeological and rock heritage located on the Domaine Pascaud, currently owned by CTG. During the years, 2015 and 2016, ARAG led the ACI MAHURY workshop, which contributed to safeguarding the archaeological furniture and development of the sites to manage. Moreover, ARAG promotes social and professional reintegration of employees from priority public integration, with their ethnolinguistic and social diversity. Two new integration initiatives have started this year: the ACI MAHURY PATRIMOINE, in charge of archaeological conservation and the ACI MAHURY AGROECOLOGY, responsible for organic agricultural production.

Solicaz regularly solicits help from ARAG. Kevin, a former employee of the association, has now been working at Solicaz for over a year.

: arag973.fr

TRAINING ON REVEGETATION: CFPPA of MATITI

TRAINING ON REVEGETATION: CFPPA of MATITI

G.PAUL held a training session on the revegetation of mining sites at the Agricultural School of Matiti on October 25th, 2015.

It presented Guyafix project to the students and its progress on the ground, while explaining the benefits of nitrogen-fixing plants for soil that has lost all life due to exploitation.

The session covered the following themes:

  • The soil, a dynamic and living system
  • Mining regulations
  • The results of the Guyafix project.
Theme day on legumes at the CFPPA in Matiti (23.01.2016)

Theme day on legumes at the CFPPA in Matiti (23.01.2016)

Solicaz took part in the leguminous event at Matiti Agricultural High School, which brought together about 40 people, actors from the agricultural world.

The guests visited the fodder platform and the active fallow of the school before discovering the different experiments carried out by IKARE and Solicaz at the local level.

G. Paul has developed the subject of agroforestry with fixing trees. She presented the results of the planting of several Inga legume species (sweet pea) on degraded soil at depth to show the beneficial effects that nitrogen fixing trees can have in the agroforestry sector.

The topics covered were:

  • The process of nitrogen fixation by legumes
  • Practical case of the experimentation on a mine site on the ground degraded in depth.
  • The advantages of agroforestry and the possible associations.

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