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Know-how

Our know-how is based on the richness and complementarity of the experiences of Amasisa‘s team. The team is built around fundamental and universal values: the link with nature and the environment, a strong commitment to society and the will to provide concrete answers to the challenges we are facing. We work closely with many local actors to feed and inspire us with their experiences in the field. We also call upon a panel of international researchers on issues related to the development of sustainable agroecological systems and social inclusion. We act as a conductor for the implementation of innovative technical and collaborative solutions.

Restoration of soils, biodiversity and territories/landscapes

We approach each new project as a complex set of elements that form an agrosystem. The interactions between the subsoil, the soil, the fauna and flora, the climate and the communities make each ecosystem a dynamic whole that the destruction / modification of a single element is enough to unbalance.
Our projects are based on the development of ecologically virtuous systems, to produce healthy food while increasing the resilience of plantations.
We rely on existing techniques and practices to develop our own technical itineraries that aim to increase the rate of organic matter, promote the return of floral and faunal richness, and optimize the sequestration of carbon.

Social inclusion and societal commitment

Since 2015, Amasisa has been recognized by the state as part of the French social and solidarity economy (ESUS). In concrete terms, Amasisa works in rural communities to promote sustainable development. In France as in South America, Amasisa places the human being at the heart of its agroforestry projects. The employment policy is based on the regulations in force in each country, with long-term contracts for the most part, accompanied by continuous training and certification and adapted family support.
Responsible and participative financing is another specificity of our approach. Each agricultural company we develop is partly financed by crowdfunding. More than 1800 individual investors are now shareholders in at least one of our projects. Our companies are thus owned by 25% to 50% by the public finance. The rest of the financing comes from solidarity finance players, such as AMUNDI’s FCP Finance et Solidarité and more recently France Active or the Carasso Foundation.
We have designed and structured agricultural companies so that they are profitable and thus provide a sustainable foothold in the regions where we operate. This allows us to pay our responsible investors and to reinvest in the regions.
The citizen agricultural company also prefigures one of the possible models for the necessary agricultural transition that the retirement of 40% of active farmers in the next 10 years will accelerate.

Structuring of sectors

It is essential that our projects are part of a chain approach. By bringing together the upstream and downstream actors, it becomes possible to create sustainable value chains, from the producer to the consumer. This integration requires the respect of strict specifications and therefore an obligation of result.

This approach also makes it possible to establish long-term partnerships between actors who share the same sustainability values. It is necessary to adapt the temporality of our commitments in order to allow a real work of environmental rehabilitation.

The understanding of each of our sectors also allows us to enlarge our role by structuring, in the long run, first and second transformation units, together with other committed farmers. In addition to a better valorization of our products (fresh and dried fruits), this will result in the creation of qualified jobs in the regions where we are established.