FOFIFA is the main component of the National Agricultural Research System in Madagascar. FOFIFA's mission is to implement the national research policy on rural development and to define, guide, promote and coordinate all research activities concerning: - Agricultural production: rice and other food crops, export crops traditional, unconventional crops (fruits and vegetables ...) - Forestry and natural resource management - Animal production, fish farming and animal health - Conservation and post-harvest processing - Economy and social sciences applied to rural development