Katsepy is a town and commune in Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

. It belongs to the district

Districts of Madagascar

Districts are second-level administrative divisions of Madagascar below the regions. Districts are in their turn divided into communes; while some of the districts on urban areas such as the district of Toliara consists of only one commune, most of the districts are divided typically into...

 of Mitsinjo

Mitsinjo District

Mitsinjo is a district in western Madagascar. It's a part of Boeny Region and borders the districts of Marovoay in east, Ambato-Boeni in south and Soalala in west...

, which is a part of Boeny Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 10,000 in 2001 commune census

Census

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Katsepy has a maritime harbour. Only primary schooling is available. Farming and raising livestock provides employment for 40% and 30% of the working population. The most important crop is rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

, while other important products are seeds of catechu

Acacia catechu

Acacia catechu also commonly called Mimosa catechu, is a deciduous, thorny tree which grows up to in height. The plant is called khair in Hindi, and kachu in Malay, hence the name was Latinized to "catechu" in Linnaean taxonomy, as the type-species from which the extracts cutch and catechu are...

 and raffia palm

Raffia palm

The Raffia palms are a genus of twenty species of palms native to tropical regions of Africa, especially Madagascar, with one species also occurring in Central and South America. They grow up to 16 m tall and are remarkable for their compound pinnate leaves, the longest in the plant kingdom;...

. Services provide employment for 1% of the population. Additionally fishing employs 29% of the population.

Before 2006, one project for building an ethanol plant are started. During two years, all studies are realized.
Actually, the promotor, JWE Ltd are finalized the study, the financial agreement and will be start the construction with international partners.

Malagasy Government agreed this project by the way of EDBM (Economic Development Board of Madagascar) for giving the EPZ/ZFI agreement and by the way of ONE (Office National pour l'ENvironnement) by delivery the Environmental Permit after the EIA Report.

All international partners of JWE Ltd from Indian Ocean, Africa and India will start the project for the malagasy industrial development.