República de Moçambique Ministério da Agricultura FINAL EVALUATION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF NATIONAL AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME PROAGRI (1999-2005) VOLUME II-A: SOUTHERN PROVINCIAL REPORTS MARCH 2007 Volume II-A Evaluation of the First Phase of the National Agriculture Development Programme Table of Contents Page PART A: BACKGROUND ...............................................................................1 PART B: REPORTS........................................................................................4 APPENDIX V: MAPUTO PROVINCE .............................................................4 Introduction............................................................................................................................ 5 Summary of Key Issues ........................................................................................................ 5 Provincial Assessment .......................................................................................................... 6 District Assessment............................................................................................................. 10 Producer-level Assessment ................................................................................................ 12 HIV/AIDS and Gender Mainstreaming, and Environmental Issues .................................... 14 Importance of Impacts at User Interface Level ................................................................... 15 Lessons Learned and Conclusions ..................................................................................... 15 APPENDIX VI: GAZA PROVINCE................................................................29 Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 30 Summary of Key Issues ...................................................................................................... 30 Provincial Assessment ........................................................................................................ 31 District Assessment............................................................................................................. 35 Producer-level Assessment ................................................................................................ 37 HIV/AIDS and Gender Mainstreaming, and Environmental Issues .................................... 38 Importance of Impacts at User Interface Level ................................................................... 39 Lessons Learned and Conclusions ..................................................................................... 39 APPENDIX VII: INHAMBANE PROVINCE ...................................................50 Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 51 Summary of Key Issues ...................................................................................................... 51 Provincial Assessment ........................................................................................................ 53 District Assessment............................................................................................................. 77 Producer Level Assessment ............................................................................................... 94 HIV/AIDS, Gender Mainstreaming and Environmental Issues ........................................... 98 Important Impacts at User Interface Level ........................................................................ 100 Lessons Learned and Conclusions ................................................................................... 102 APPENDIX VIII: SOFALA PROVINCE........................................................124 Introduction........................................................................................................................ 125 Summary of Key Issues .................................................................................................... 125 Provincial Assessment ...................................................................................................... 126 District Assessment........................................................................................................... 149 Producer Level Assessment ............................................................................................. 155 HIV/AIDS, Gender Mainstreaming and Environmental Issues ......................................... 156 Partners............................................................................................................................. 158 Conclusions and Recommendations................................................................................. 161 i Volume II-A Evaluation of the First Phase of the National Agriculture Development Programme Table of Contents Page APPENDIX IX: MANICA PROVINCE..........................................................167 Introduction........................................................................................................................ 168 Summary of Key Issues .................................................................................................... 168 Provincial Assessment ...................................................................................................... 171 District Assessment........................................................................................................... 188 Producer Level Assessment ............................................................................................. 196 Lessons Learned and Conclusions ................................................................................... 200 APPENDIX X: TETE PROVINCE................................................................202 Introduction........................................................................................................................ 203 Summary of Key Issues .................................................................................................... 203 Provincial Assessment ...................................................................................................... 206 District Assessment........................................................................................................... 221 Producer Level Assessment ............................................................................................. 229 Lessons Learned and Conclusions ................................................................................... 232 VOLUME I MAIN REPORT VOLUME II-B NORTHERN PROVINCIAL REPORTS VOLUME II-C CASE STUDIES VOLUME III PROGRAMME BASELINE ANALYSIS AND SURVEY INSTRUMENTS ii Volume II-A Evaluation of the First Phase of the National Agriculture Development Programme PART A: BACKGROUND The PROAGRI Coordination Group has requested PricewaterhouseCoopers, under the agreed upon Terms of Reference in the bid proposal, to provide a final evaluation of the first five-year phase of PROAGRI, the country’s first Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) Programme, which supported agricultural development. Accordingly, a team was fielded in Maputo at the beginning of August. The team consisted of five consultants; three locally based, and two regionally based (see Appendix IV in Volume I for complete list of consultants). The objective of the evaluation mission was to assess the impact of PROAGRI at both the institutional level and at the level of the basic users of agricultural services provided by the Ministry of Agriculture. Through the objectives stated in the two main documents of the programme, the efficiency of the activities, effectiveness of the results and the sustainability of outcomes were analyzed. The evaluation team held its initial meeting with the Comité de Acompanhamento (CA) on 27 July in Maputo, where they were briefed on the background of PROAGRI, its activities, and the intent of the PROAGRI management and the CA in proposing the mission being undertaken. The CA comprises representatives from MINAG, relevant other ministries and donors contributing to the PROAGRI SWAp (see Volume I, Appendix II for complete list of CA members). The Evaluation Team took full advantage of the supervision of the CA at all stages: adjusting the initial survey documents to include observations by the CA members, arranging for CA members to accompany the survey field activities at certain points, and conferring with the CA at an early stage of the document’s development to ensure the report had fully absorbed all points of view. A detailed review of current documentation and initial interviews of key MINAG departments and donors followed the initial briefing, to allow the team to develop the full view of the situation as PROAGRI was started. Using the information obtained, the team developed a work programme and drafted some initial survey guidelines and questionnaires for the various levels of information collection. The methodologies, draft survey instruments, proposed timetable and proposed report layout were collected into a draft Inception Report and presented to the CA on 16 August. The CA met several times to discuss the issues raised in the Inception Report, and delivered a detailed assessment to the team in a report delivered on 13 September, followed by a meeting on 14 September. The issues raised were included in the revised programme of activities, which then continued into field