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'''It's early hours morning at the Sambirano crossing, there is 's a bit of a traffic jam, caused not by motor vehicles but by ox-powered carts transporting freshly harvested crops from the countryside into the central marketplace of Ambanja.'''

These humble two-wheeled carts remain vehicles are as relevant today as they were 500 hundreds of years ago, in providing an indispensable way of transport for by farmers in distributing their agricultural crops.

Innumerable zebu carts can be seen in and around the townAmbanja, the region, and across Madagascar.

Dozens of zebu cart workshops exist in and around Ambanja.

One typical workshop , run by Mr Theodore , <!-- 032 49 341 77)--> can be found in the town centre. The wporkshop His workshop employs six skilled woood workers, and welders assembling about 50 carts per year, all with in the same design and model. Everything is done manuallywithout electricity. One A cart takes about a week to produce and costs 1,800,000 (about USD 400).