Vanilla Island Madagascar
Set-up of the organic certification management system for packing, processing and export activities.
Since 2012, IDEMCO has supported exporters, cooperatives, donors and international organisations in Madagascar and across Africa: organic and fair-trade certification, field studies, quality and traceability systems. Below is a selection of completed assignments.
IDEMCO supports exporters and producer groups from system set-up through to the external audit.
Set-up of the organic certification management system for packing, processing and export activities.
Management and maintenance of organic certifications for packing, processing and export.
Management of the internal control system (ICS) for the organic certification of the vetiver root value chain.
Management of the internal control system (ICS) for organic certification.
102 certified farms · 140 ha of vanilla
Business development mission and support for participation in the BIOFACH 2025 trade fair.
Companies supported: VANIPROMAD · GHILANE SARLU · AJWA · TSARAVOKATRA VANILLA IMPEX · SUN RESOURCES MADAGASCAR
Set-up of organic certification systems compliant with the EU regulation and the USDA National Organic Program. Management of relations with certification bodies, preparation of external audits, worker training and updating of traceability documentation.
Audits against the Fair for Life standard.
Roll-out of UEBT (Union for Ethical BioTrade) certification across the entire supply chain.
Support for spice and essential oil producers entering the Fair for Life / For Life fair-trade certification framework.
Support for the B-Corp certification process, alongside the Fair for Life baseline study.
IDEMCO conducts baseline studies, final evaluations and sector diagnostics, from field data collection to analysis.
Support for a technical study on cocoa productivity, carried out on behalf of the CPCS cooperative.
Technical and economic feasibility study of the permanent nurseries and green value chains set up under the Green Infrastructure and Resilient Landscapes component of the MIONJO project.
Baseline study "Bridging the Gap in the Vanilla Sector in Madagascar": quantitative data collection and qualitative collection (key informant interviews, focus groups with young people and adults).
1,500 households surveyed
Final evaluation of the Benincajù project in Benin (2023). Baseline study for TechnoServe's AMPPLIFY project in Côte d'Ivoire (2024): mango production, post-harvest losses and fish farming yields.
Baseline study for the Fair for Life certification of vegetable oils: producers' initial situation and diagnostic for the development project.
Study of the drivers of and constraints on improving occupational safety and health in the global textile supply chain from Madagascar.
As national expert in organic production: review of organic production in Madagascar and assessment of the potential for organic sugar cane.
IDEMCO designs the documentation tools and trains the teams who use them.
Development of a manual covering the traceability system, management and quality control procedures for essential oils, organic labelling principles and methods for exporting to the EU.
Financial education for women leaders of MSMEs and EFOI members, under the RC-EFOI project.
Companies supported: VANIPROMAD · GHILANE SARLU · AJWA · TSARAVOKATRA VANILLA IMPEX · SUN RESOURCES MADAGASCAR
Training of workers on compliance criteria and upkeep of traceability documentation.
Tell us about your value chain and your objectives: we will propose a tailored approach, from set-up through to the external audit.