In accordance with the provisions of the service contract signed with the mangrove project, the association of operators of the Guérande marshes, Univers-Sel, carried out a technical assistance mission from the end of November to the end of May 1999 to the end of May 1999 to the end of May 1999 to the end of May 1999 for rice and salt farmers in underdeveloped areas. This is part of the overall objective of the mangrove project: to provide farmers with the tools to better control their village territories and their various resources, in order to ensure the maintenance of the fundamental balances of mangrove environments through coherent management of the various forest areas and forms of agricultural exploitation that are less harmful to the forest environment.