It is located at 225km from Fort Dauphin and 148 km from Amboasary Sud to which it is connected by the provincial road RIP 107.

From 1996 to 2008, Tsivory hosted the headquarters of the PHBM Project of the Government of Madagascar support by the International Fund for Agriculture Development.

The livelihood of the 18694 people living in the surrounding 11 communes has considerably improved during the past 10 years, and the production has doubled.

The project closed in September 2008 and farmers associations are pursuing the rural development work.

Rice, manioc, corn, peanuts, vegetables, zebu breeding are the principal agricultural activities.