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Switching to green, particularly if it does not improve the financial bottom line, is low on the agenda of manufacturing enterprises, especially micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises. An appropriate enabling environment can change this. In the agriculture sector, there is a need to stimulate the market for sustainable manure production and consumption through a comprehensive review of the legal framework for processing animal waste and by creating standards for animal manure and introducing manure production subsidies. There is also a need to invest in professional livestock management systems and in sustainable and profitable operations, potentially through the grouping of cattle, dairy, sheep and goat operations around biogas plants. Setting up professionally managed packhouses is also a potential means of adding value to produce from agro-ecological zones, while addressing issues of traceability, certification and branding and facilitating distribution logistics.

In addition to identifying gaps in policies, regulations, laws and standards in the priority sectors to address potential roadblocks to green business development, the policy support component of SWITCH Africa Green supports the formulation of specific policies, regulations and standards and the establishment or strengthening of the institutions needed for resource-efficient and green businesses to emerge and grow.   

Policy Activities

Policy Activity

Animal manure serves as an important fertilizer in organic and sustainable soil management. The manure can improve soil quality, boost nutrient uptake in plants, improve water quality and reduce carbon emissions. As food security and crop production gain importance in Mauritius, its hard to underestimate the importance of healthy soil in improving the availability of food and achieving food security.

Policy Activity

Rodrigues is a small autonomous outer island of the  Republic of Mauritius with limited agricultural land. Household farms provide the bulk of agricultural production through food crops and animal production. However, a significant proportion of these products are undervalued or go to waste because of poor post-harvest handling and management practices, low capacity to invest in appropriate packaging, transport and storage infrastructure, and poor marketing. 

Policy Activity

The Mauritius National Stakeholder Workshop was held on 17 and 18 March 2016 at the Labourdonnais Waterfront Hotel in Port Louis.

Policy Activity

After the welcome speech by Mr Jean Carlo Botsar, Departmental Head of the Commission of Environment, Forestry, Tourism, Fisheries and Marine Parks, the workshop was officially opened by the Commissioner of Environment, Mr Richard Payendee. The commissioner gave assurance of the full support of the Rodrigues Regional Assembly to the implementation of the SWITCH Africa Green project in Rodrigues.