Mozambique a Decade Experimenting Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies Acknowledgements
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Breaking Into the Smallholder Seed Market
BREAKING LESSONS FROM THE MOZAMBIQUE SMALLHOLDER INTO THE EFFECTIVE EXTENSION DRIVEN SMALLHOLDER SUCCESS (SEEDS) PROJECT SEED MARKET Pippy Gardner © 2017 NCBA CLUSA NCBA CLUSA 1775 Eye Street, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20006 SMALLHOLDER EFFECTIVE EXTENSION DRIVEN SUCCESS PROJECT 2017 WHITE PAPER LESSONS LEARNED FROM BREAKING INTO THE MOZAMBIQUE SEEDS THE SMALLHOLDER PROJECT SEED MARKET DECEMBER 2017 Table of Contents 2 Executive Summary 6 Introduction 7 The Seeds Industry in Mozambique 8 Background to the SEEDS Project and Partners 9 Rural Agrodealer Models and Mozambique 11 Activities Implemented and Main Findings/ Reccomendations 22 Seeds Sales 30 Sales per Value Chain 33 Conclusion 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BREAKING INTO THE SMALLHOLDER IDENTIFICATION OF CBSPS SEEDS MARKET By project end, 289 CBSPs (36 Oruwera CBSPs and uring its implementation over two agricultural 153 Phoenix CBSPs) had been identified, trained, and Dcampaigns between 2015 and 2017, the contracted by Phoenix and Oruwera throughout the Smallholder Effective Extension Driven Success three provinces. CBSPs were stratified into two main (SEEDS) project, implemented by NCBA CLUSA profiles: 1) smaller Lead Farmer CBSPs working with in partnership with Feed the Future Partnering for NCBA CLUSA’s Promotion of Conservation Agriculture Innovation, a USAID-funded program, supported Project (PROMAC) who managed demonstration two private sector seed firms--Phoenix Seeds and plots to promote the use of certified seed and Oruwera Seed Company--to develop agrodealer marketed this same product from their own small networks in line with NCBA CLUSA’s Community stores, and 2) larger CBSP merchants or existing Based Service Provider (CBSP) model in the agrodealers with a greater potential for seed trading. -
Humanitarian Service Medal - Approved Operations Current As Of: 16 July 2021
Humanitarian Service Medal - Approved Operations Current as of: 16 July 2021 Operation Start Date End Date Geographic Area1 Honduras, guatamala, Belize, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hurricanes Eta and Iota 5-Nov-20 5-Dec-20 Nicaragua, Panama, and Columbia, adjacent airspace and adjacent waters within 10 nautical miles Port of Beirut Explosion Relief 4-Aug-20 21-Aug-20 Beirut, Lebanon DoD Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 31-Jan-20 TBD Global Operations / Activities Military personnel who were physically Australian Bushfires Contingency Operations 1-Sep-19 31-Mar-20 present in Australia, and provided and Operation BUSHFIRE ASSIST humanitarian assistance Cities of Maputo, Quelimane, Chimoio, Tropical Cyclone Idai 23-Mar-19 13-Apr-19 and Beira, Mozambique Guam and U.S. Commonwealth of Typhoon Mangkhut and Super Typhoon Yutu 11-Sep-18 2-Feb-19 Northern Mariana Islands Designated counties in North Carolina and Hurricane Florence 7-Sep-18 8-Oct-18 South Carolina California Wild Land Fires 10-Aug-18 6-Sep-18 California Operation WILD BOAR (Tham Luang Nang 26-Jun-18 14-Jul-18 Thailand, Chiang Rai Region Non Cave rescue operation) Tropical Cyclone Gita 11-Feb-18 2-May-18 American Samoa Florida; Caribbean, and adjacent waters, Hurricanes Irma and Maria 8-Sep-17 15-Nov-17 from Barbados northward to Anguilla, and then westward to the Florida Straits Hurricane Harvey TX counties: Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Hardin, Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Karnes, Kleberg, Lavaca, Lee, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Newton, 23-Aug-17 31-Oct-17 Texas and Louisiana Nueces, Orange, Polk, Refugio, Sabine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Tyler, Victoria, Waller, and Wharton. -
Traditional Prediction of Drought Under Weather and Climate Uncertainty
Natural Hazards https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-019-03613-4 ORIGINAL PAPER Traditional prediction of drought under weather and climate uncertainty: analyzing the challenges and opportunities for small‑scale farmers in Gaza province, southern region of Mozambique Daniela Salite1 Received: 5 October 2018 / Accepted: 20 April 2019 © The Author(s) 2019 Abstract This paper explores the traditional indicators that small-scale farmers in Gaza province in southern Mozambique use to predict drought events on their rain-fed farms. It analyzes the contextual situation regarding the accuracy and reliability of the traditional prediction methods under the current weather and conditions of climate uncertainty and variabil- ity, and the opportunities that their prediction methods can bring to reduce their current and future exposure and vulnerabilities to drought. Farmers use a total of 11 traditional environmental indicators to predict drought, either individually or combined, as required to increase their prediction certainty. However, the farmers perceive that current unpre- dictability, variability, and changes in weather and climate have negatively afected the interpretation, accuracy, and reliability of most of their prediction indicators, and thus their farming activities and their ability to predict and respond to drought. This, associated with the reduced number of elders in the community, is causing a decline in the diver- sity, and complexity of interpretation of indicators. Nonetheless, these difculties have not impeded farmers from continuing to use their preferred prediction methods, as on some occasions they continue to be useful for their farming-related decisions and are also the main, or sometimes only, source of forecast. Considering the role these methods play in farmers’ activities, and the limited access to meteorological forecasts in most rural areas of Mozambique, and the fact that the weather and climate is expected to continually change, this paper concludes that it is important to enhance the use of traditional prediction meth- ods. -
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UNITED NATIONS MOZAMBIQUE Geospatial 30°E 35°E 40°E L a k UNITED REPUBLIC OF 10°S e 10°S Chinsali M a l a w TANZANIA Palma i Mocimboa da Praia R ovuma Mueda ^! Lua Mecula pu la ZAMBIA L a Quissanga k e NIASSA N Metangula y CABO DELGADO a Chiconono DEM. REP. OF s a Ancuabe Pemba THE CONGO Lichinga Montepuez Marrupa Chipata MALAWI Maúa Lilongwe Namuno Namapa a ^! gw n Mandimba Memba a io u Vila úr L L Mecubúri Nacala Kabwe Gamito Cuamba Vila Ribáué MecontaMonapo Mossuril Fingoè FurancungoCoutinho ^! Nampula 15°S Vila ^! 15°S Lago de NAMPULA TETE Junqueiro ^! Lusaka ZumboCahora Bassa Murrupula Mogincual K Nametil o afu ezi Namarrói Erego e b Mágoè Tete GiléL am i Z Moatize Milange g Angoche Lugela o Z n l a h m a bez e i ZAMBEZIA Vila n azoe Changara da Moma n M a Lake Chemba Morrumbala Maganja Bindura Guro h Kariba Pebane C Namacurra e Chinhoyi Harare Vila Quelimane u ^! Fontes iq Marondera Mopeia Marromeu b am Inhaminga Velha oz P M úngu Chinde Be ni n è SOFALA t of ManicaChimoio o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o gh ZIMBABWE o Bi Mutare Sussundenga Dondo Gweru Masvingo Beira I NDI A N Bulawayo Chibabava 20°S 20°S Espungabera Nova OCE A N Mambone Gwanda MANICA e Sav Inhassôro Vilanculos Chicualacuala Mabote Mapai INHAMBANE Lim Massinga p o p GAZA o Morrumbene Homoíne Massingir Panda ^! National capital SOUTH Inhambane Administrative capital Polokwane Guijá Inharrime Town, village o Chibuto Major airport Magude MaciaManjacazeQuissico International boundary AFRICA Administrative boundary MAPUTO Xai-Xai 25°S Nelspruit Main road 25°S Moamba Manhiça Railway Pretoria MatolaMaputo ^! ^! 0 100 200km Mbabane^!Namaacha Boane 0 50 100mi !\ Bela Johannesburg Lobamba Vista ESWATINI Map No. -
Delegated Management of Urban Water Supply Services in MOZAMBIQUE
DELEGATED MANAGEMENT OF URBAN WATER SUPPLY SERVICES IN MOZAMBIQUE SUMMARY OF THE CASE STUDY OF FIPAG & CRA Delegated management of urban water supply services in Mozambique encountered a string of difficulties soon after it was introduced in 1999, but in 2007 a case study revealed that most problems had been overcome and the foundations for sustainability had been established. The government’s strong commitment, the soundness of the institutional reform and the quality of sector leadership can be credited for these positive results. Donor support for investments and institutional development were also important. Results reported here are as of the end of 2007. hen the prolonged civil war in Mozambique ended in exacerbated by the floods of 2000 and delays in the 1992, water supply infrastructure had deteriorated. implementation of new investments – and in December 2001 WIn 1998, the Government adopted a comprehensive SAUR terminated its involvement. Subsequently FIPAG and AdeM’s institutional reform for the development, delivery and regulation remaining partners led by Águas de Portugal (AdeP) renegotiated of urban water supply services in large cities. The new framework, the contracts, introducing higher fees and improvements in the known as the Delegated Management Framework (DMF), was specification of service obligations and procedures. The Revised inaugurated with the creation of two autonomous public bodies: Lease Contract became effective in April 2004, and will terminate an asset management agency (FIPAG) and an independent on November 30, 2014, fifteen years after the starting date of regulator (CRA). the Original Lease Contract. A new Management Contract for the period April 2004 – March 2007 consolidated the four Lease and Management Contracts with Águas de Original Management Contracts. -
Angoche: an Important Link of the Zambezian Gold Trade Introduction
Angoche: An important link of the Zambezian gold trade CHRISTIAN ISENDAHL ‘Of the Moors of Angoya, they are as they were: they ruin the whole trade of Sofala.‘ Excerpt from a letter from Duarte de Lemos to the King of Portugal, dated the 30th of September, 1508 (Theal 1964, Vol. I, p. 73). Introduction During the last decade or so a significant amount of archaeological research has been devoted to the study of early urbanism along the east African coast. In much, this recent work has depended quite clearly upon the ground-breaking fieldwork conducted by James Kirkman and Neville Chittick in Kenya and Tanzania during the 1950´s and 1960´s. Notwithstanding the inevitable and, at times, fairly apparent shortcomings of their work and their basic theoretical explanatory frameworks, it has provided a platform for further detailed studies and rendered a wide flora of approaches to the interpretation of the source materials in recent studies. In Mozambique, however, recent archaeological research has not benefited from such a relatively strong national tradition of research attention. The numerous early coastal settlements lining the maritime boundaries of the nation have, in a very limited number, been the target of specialized archaeological fieldwork and analysis only for two decades. The most important consequence has been that research directed towards thematically formulated archaeological questions has had to await the gathering of basic information through field surveys and recording of existing sites as well as the construction and perpetual analysis and refinement of basic chronostratigraphic sequences. Furthermore, the lack of funding, equipment and personnel – coupled with the geographical preferentials of those actually active – has resulted in a yet quite fragmented archaeological database of early urbanism in the country. -
The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) As Described by Ex-Patticipants
The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) as Described by Ex-patticipants Research Report Submitted to: Ford Foundation and Swedish International Development Agency William Minter, Ph.D. Visiting Researcher African Studies Program Georgetown University Washington, DC March, 1989 Copyright Q 1989 by William Minter Permission to reprint, excerpt or translate this report will be granted provided that credit is given rind a copy sent to the author. For more information contact: William Minter 1839 Newton St. NW Washington, DC 20010 U.S.A. INTRODUCTION the top levels of the ruling Frelirno Party, local party and government officials helped locate amnestied ex-participants For over a decade the Mozambican National Resistance and gave access to prisoners. Selection was on the basis of the (Renamo, or MNR) has been the principal agent of a desuuctive criteria the author presented: those who had spent more time as war against independent Mozambique. The origin of the group Renamo soldiers. including commanders, people with some as a creation of the Rhodesian government in the mid-1970s is education if possible, adults rather than children. In a number of well-documented, as is the transfer of sponsorship to the South cases, the author asked for specific individuals by name, previ- African government after white Rhodesia gave way to inde- ously identified from the Mozambican press or other sources. In pendent Zimbabwe in 1980. no case were any of these refused, although a couple were not The results of the war have attracted increasing attention geographically accessible. from the international community in recent years. In April 1988 Each interview was carried out individually, out of hearing the report written by consultant Robert Gersony for the U. -
In Mozambique Melq Gomes
January 2014 Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD) in Mozambique Melq Gomes Q3 Report - Feasibility Testing Phase MOZAMBIQUE TAMD FEASIBILITY STUDY QUARTER THREE REPORT, 10/01/2014 Contents INTRODUCTION 2 STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS/KEY ENTRY POINTS 8 THEORY OF CHANGE ESTABLISHED 9 INDICATORS (TRACK 1 AND TRACK 2) AND METHODOLOGY 14 National level indicators 14 District level indicators 15 METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH 16 EMPIRICAL DATA COLLECTION (a) TRACK 1 (b) TRACK 2 16 CHALLENGES 17 CONCLUSIONS AND EMERGING LESSONS 17 ANNEXES 18 Annex 1: National level indicators 18 Annex 2: Guijá Field Work Report – Developing the ToC. 18 Annex 3: Draft of the workplan for Mozambique. 18 www.iied.org 1 MOZAMBIQUE TAMD FEASIBILITY STUDY QUARTER THREE REPORT, 10/01/2014 INTRODUCTION 1.1 - Mozambique Context Summary: Mozambique is the 8th most vulnerable country to climate change and is one of the poorest countries in the world with a high dependency on foreign aid. The population is primarily rural and dependent on agriculture, with 60% living on the coastline. Droughts, flooding and cyclones affect particular regions of the country and these are projected to increase in frequency and severity. The main institution for managing and coordinating climate change responses is the Ministry for Coordination of Environment Affairs (MICOA), the Ministry for Planning and Development also has a key role. New institutions have been proposed under the National Strategy on Climate Change but are not yet operational, it was approved in 2012. (Artur, Tellam 2012:8) Mozambique Climate Vulnerability and future project effects (Artur, Tellam 2012:9) Summary: The main risk/hazards in Mozambique are floods, droughts and cyclones with a very high level of current and future vulnerability in terms of exposure to floods and cyclones as more than 60% of the population lives along the coastline below 100 meters of altitude. -
Chibuto Xai-Xai Guija
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Struggle for Survival
M N G u o E T o OZA STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL Mozambique's History: In 1964, led by the Front for the libera Mozambique tion of Mozambique (FRELlMO), they Mozambique was a Portuguese colony launched an armed struggle to oust the for more than four hundred years. Portugal Portuguese. Ten years later, in 1974, Por was a poor country itself, unable and un tuguese army officers rebelled against their own government, ending decades of Natala willing to develop Mozambique's economic potential. The Portuguese profited from ex fascist rule within Portugal. In the following porting Mozambican labor to the South y~ar , Mozambique won independence, as African mines and exporting agricultural did the other Portuguese colonies of products such as cotton, tea, and cashew Angola and Guinea Bissau. nuts. Mozambican peasants were forced to Mozambique's new Frelimo government grow these crops under brutal conditions. established a nonaligned socialist model of They were forced to work on government development, which included a non-racial projects such as road and railway con policy of inclusion, provision of education (J struction under conditions considered to be and health services, and a plan to in among the worst in African colonial history. tegrate women equally into the new Mozambique is twice the size of Cali society. fornia and strategically located on the TRANSPORT LINKS TO PORTS OF BEIRA Indian Ocean, with a coastline equivalent NACALA AND MAPUTO - MAIN TARGETS ' to that of the United States from Boston to OF SOUTH AFRICAN SABOTAGE Miami. It has been generously endowed POPULATION 15 MILLION with mineral resources. -
Cyclone Kenneth Cholera Modeled Maps
Mozambique cholera risk from Cyclones Idai & Kenneth Shiny app: https://mahmud-ayesha.shinyapps.io/Cholera-MOZ/ Methods Overview We modeled cholera outbreak risk based on four measures: 1. Gravity model simulating human mobility 2. Previous cholera incidence 3. Flooding risk index (based on measured flooding from Cyclone Idai and projected flooding for Cyclone Kenneth) 4. El Niño sensitivity Gravity model • In the gravity (diffusion) model, we assume that travel from Beira occurs based on the population size of Beira, the population size of the receiving district and the geodesic distance between Beira and the receiving district. !"!#$%&'"(∗ "*'+'(_!"!#$%&'"( • Formula: -'.&%(/0 • Similar results obtained using different exponents • Wesolowski et al. 2015 • High resolution population data comes from Facebook. Previous Cholera Incidence • This risk index is based on modeled annual cholera incidence, based on previous cholera outbreak data and ecological data, from Lessler et al. Flood • Cyclone Idai • The flooding index is based on the flood extent maps from here. • This index is based on the proportion of area within each district that was affected by flooding following Cyclone Idai. • Cyclone Kenneth • We assumed Tropical Cyclone Kenneth would follow the trajectory described here. and affect mainly the Cabo Delgado province. We assumed the impact would be highest in the districts closest to the storm trajectory (provided by NETHOPE on April 25th), with less impact in the districts further away (risK decays with distance). Only districts within the uncertainty zone were considered at risK. El Niño sensitivity • This risk index is based on comparisons of cholera incidence between El Niño and non El Niño years, from Moore et al. -
Adaptation to Climate Change in Semi-Arid Environments of Mozambique
ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT [CLIMATE AND NATURAL CHANGE] RESOURCESBIOENERGY MANAGEMENTMONITORING AND ASSESSMENT SERIES(1) Front cover photosLeft: FAO Mozambique Middle: FAO Mozambique J.7 Right: FAO Mozambique Back cover photosLeft: FAO Mozambique /diddle: FAO Mozambique Right FAO Mozambique Background image in this pageIllustration elaborated from "L'Encyclopedie Diderot et D'Alembert" Copies of FA0 publications can be requested fromSales and Marketing Group - Communication Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla -00153 Rome, Italy E-mail:[email protected] Fax:(+39) 06 57053360 Web slte:http://www.fao.org Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Mozambique Experience and Lessons from Environments Change in Semi-Arid Adaptation to Climate Mozambique Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Maputo, Andrew Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy Alemneh OneWorld Sustainable Investments, Cape Town, South Africa Stephanie M D attick M ejene idgley G M overnment of ozambique Rome, 2012 19 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERIES ENVIRONME NT [ CLIMATE CHANGE ] BIOENERGY MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned.