Association PROMMATA INTERNATIONAL

PROMMATA International (P.I.) is an association that is committed to promoting modern animal traction in developing countries in order to support ecological agriculture of small farmers still relying mainly on manual work. Cooperation with the partners of the association aims to provide equipment, to offer training and to relieve the physical strains of farming men and women in order to improve their agroecological practice and their income. P.I. has unique expertise regarding agricultural equipment for animal traction and has run projects in different countries of the Maghreb and the Sahel as well as in Madagascar and in Mexico. The association also has specific experience and practice regarding cooperation linked to the development of local expertise (construction workshops, training and using work animals, breeding and agricultural practices) The modern equipment for animal traction is manufactured on site in the workshops of the partners in the developing countries, relying on the transfer of know-how through international missions and training provided by the P.I. experts.

SFET - Société Française des Equidés de Travail

SFET French Working Equids Society The French Working Equids Society SFET was founded in 2012 and is meant to be the contact for national authorities regarding all the issues concerning the French working equid breeds, that is 7 donkey breeds, 2 mule breeds, 9 draught horse breeds and 8 local breeds of horses and poneys, in total 24 breeds counting 225.000 animals. In order to reverse the decline in the birth rate of these breeds the SFET is committed on different action levels: developing tools allowing to produce animals that meet the demand of the market ( characterization, selection, valorisation, marketing) and organize the exchange between producers of good working equids and their customers. www.sfet.fr

Since June 10, 2015 the webpage of the non-profit association SCHAFF MAT PÄERD ( Working with horses) from Luxembourg is online. SCHAFF MAT PÄERD's primary goal is to generate synergies and to transfer technologies about new implements, improved harnesses as well as new methods of communication with horses. The webpage ( in English, French, German and Italian) provides information about: - the research on the welfare of draught animals - the development of new equipment for animal traction - the publication of new items on the subject of animal traction equipment and the welfare of draught animals -the knowledge exchange aiming to improve the living and working conditions of draught animals.