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Status: completed

Mozambique

Sustain Africa provides rebated fertilizer and resilience program...

Sustain Africa’s country programmes in Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia have c...

Sustain Africa Learning Agenda highlights priorities for building...

While Sustain Africa was initiated as a crisis response mechanism to mitigate the impact of a glo...

Derisking and expanding the reach of fertilizer financing is key ...

A study on derisking fertilizer finance, conducted by Dalberg found the following issues, and mak...

Recommendations for strengthening multistakeholder crisis respons...

A study by Dalberg evaluated Sustain Africa’s relevance, impact logic, partnerships and governa...

Sustain Africa enters a new chapter from September 2024

Most of Sustain Africa’s active programmes complete at the end of August 2024, at which point S...

Sustain Africa 2022 programmes on target, 2023 planning underway

Sustain Africa programmes are on track to reach 1.5 million farmers in five countries. Planning f...

Falling prices but Africa still in fertilizer crisis

Fertilizer prices have decreased but remain over 2.3 times the average 2020 price while rising go...

Sustain Africa roll out in Mozambique

Sustain Africa’s programme in Mozambique, targeting almost 50,000 farmers with 9,500MT of rebat...

Sustain Africa launches in Mozambique

Sustain Africa initiative announces its programme Mozambique to increase accessibility and afford...

Sustain Africa provides rebated fertilizer and resilience program...

Sustain Africa’s country programmes in Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia have c...

Sustain Africa Learning Agenda highlights priorities for building...

While Sustain Africa was initiated as a crisis response mechanism to mitigate the impact of a glo...

Derisking and expanding the reach of fertilizer financing is key ...

A study on derisking fertilizer finance, conducted by Dalberg found the following issues, and mak...

Recommendations for strengthening multistakeholder crisis respons...

A study by Dalberg evaluated Sustain Africa’s relevance, impact logic, partnerships and governa...

Sustain Africa enters a new chapter from September 2024

Most of Sustain Africa’s active programmes complete at the end of August 2024, at which point S...

Sustain Africa 2022 programmes on target, 2023 planning underway

Sustain Africa programmes are on track to reach 1.5 million farmers in five countries. Planning f...

Falling prices but Africa still in fertilizer crisis

Fertilizer prices have decreased but remain over 2.3 times the average 2020 price while rising go...

Sustain Africa roll out in Mozambique

Sustain Africa’s programme in Mozambique, targeting almost 50,000 farmers with 9,500MT of rebat...

Sustain Africa launches in Mozambique

Sustain Africa initiative announces its programme Mozambique to increase accessibility and afford...

Sustain Africa's
work in Mozambique

Download the end of programme report for Mozambique here

The Sustain Africa programme in Mozambique ran from October 2022 to the end of 2023.

The programme targeted 47,500 farmers in the central, southern, and northern regions of Mozambique with 9,500 MT of rebated fertilizer provided by Yara and ETG. These targets were exceeded, with 10,623 MT of fertilizer provided to 64,600 rice and maize farmers. Five outgrower schemes, to which many of the farmers belonged, were part of the programme.

In addition, Sustain Africa collaborated with Bayer, Klein Karoo, ETG, Seed Co and EASI Seeds to ensure the availability of high quality seed for maize, rice and vegetables.

Almost 16,000 farmers were trained in good agronomic practices. Meanwhile, 120 demo plots were established, and 91 field days organised to educate farmers on the correct application of the fertilizer. Fertilizer application rates per acre doubled through the programme and farmers reported significant yield increases in both rice and maize. As a result, 96% of project beneficiaries harvested enough for their home consumption and sold surplus to local buyers/markets. Twenty two hub agrodealers and 113 retail agrodealers participated in the programme.

Voices from the field

Kalima Investimentos

Liva Costa, founder, Kalima Investimentos

Liva Costa, founder of Kalima Investimentos, a 7-year-old business located in central Manica province, says Sustain Africa has been good for farmers, and for his business.

“Farmers were able to produce better maize and beans with the NPK23-2-5 fertilizer offered through the Sustain Africa programme and therefore  better able to feed their families and generate income for their community. Meanwhile, increased sales have driven increased income for me, enabling me to open a livestock farm.”

 Liva also points out that the farmer training offered as part of the Sustain Africa programme has turned Kalima into a hub for agronomic advice which is an ongoing benefit for the farming community after the programme ends.

 

Bernardo Tobias Mswipa

Bernardo Tobias Mswipa opened his agrodealership in 2016, supplying inputs to the community of Catandica. Bernardo began working with AFAP in 2018, receiving support with business management training. He then joined the Sustain Africa programme in Mozambique. In particular, he found Yara’s input credit facility drew farmers to the programme, and to his dealership, a trend that has continued, enabling him to grow his business.

Farmers at a demo plot for vegetables

Our progress in
Mozambique
Statistics
Fertilizer MT 000
89%
  • Actual: 8.4
  • Target: 9.5
Farmers 000
123%
  • Actual: 58.9
  • Target: 47.5

Overview of the
situation in Mozambique

The agricultural sector is of paramount importance for socio-economic development of Mozambique. Agriculture is the second largest sector of the economy, contributing by 26% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019 (INE, 2020). Data from Ministry of Agriculture (MASA, 2015), demonstrate that, out of 4.3 million existing farming enterprises, 4.2 million (98.92%) are small-sized (less than 5ha). This implies that nearly 95% of all agricultural land is cultivated by small-scale farming households. Despite an average arable land of 0.21 ha per capita (World Bank statistics, 2011) and favourable climatic conditions to boost agricultural production, crop yields in Mozambique are still low. Low access to inputs is one of the major challenges. Fertilizer use has remained low due to its high cost and poor market linkages (Chivenge et al., 2022). The average intensity of fertilizer uses in Mozambique, as well throughout other Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries remains much lower than elsewhere (roughly 9 kilograms per hectare versus 86 kg/ha in Latin America, 104 kg/ha in South Asia, and 142 kg/ha in Southeast Asia) and has been virtually stagnant during the past decade (Crawford et al., 2006; Chivenge et al., 2022). The Mozambican economy has been affected by both internal and unprecedented external factors such as: i) suspension of external support for the State Budget which translates into eight hundred million dollars less resources per year; ii) terrorist action in Cabo Delgado; iii) the health crisis caused by COVID-19; iv) an increase in the frequency and intensity of cyclones and floods; and v) the conflict in Ukraine. GDP growth has slowed over the last seven years from an average of 7.3% to 2.8%, presenting a significant obstacle for the Government to achieve its socio-economic development goals.
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