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Africa
Mozambique
Niger
Increase food production by improving access to
agricultural inputs and reducing post-harvest losses
Women farmers in Nampula province, processing groundnuts
Project for the improvement
of household living conditions
Female benefi ciaries
Summary and objectives
Target groups
Summary and objectives
• establish a community-based system for
Increasing national food production is a major con-
100 emerging farmers and 5 000 associated produc-
Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world
management of acute malnutrition;
cern in Mozambique. Despite its potential, agricultural
ers (men and women).
with the majority living on less than $1.25 a day. The
• support local early warning systems and the
production in northern Mozambique is still very low
and it is estimated that 30% of harvests is lost due
to poor post-harvest management techniques and
Final beneficiaries
Agricultural producers of food crops (maize, nhemba
extremely poor households do not produce enough to
cover their food needs during the year, so they depend
on the market for buying extra food. The Niger grain
development of district contingency plans.
Target groups
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poor storage facilities. Oxfam Novib will work with
IKURU, a local company with 20 216 agricultural producer
members of which 44% are women, to improve
the access to agricultural inputs and services; and
post-harvest and storage facilities. The project will
contribute to raising national food production and
lead to increased food availability for producers themselves
and for vulnerable women and children. The
objectives are to increase the production and availability
of basic food crops in northern Mozambique; to
support emerging farmers and small-scale producers
to increase food availability by 52%; to raise agricultural
production by 25%; and to cut post-harvest
beans) in the Nampula, Niassa, and Zambézia
provinces.
Total estimated cost *
€ 1 318 240
Amount requested *
€ 1 160 051
Partners
IKURU sarl, Mozambique.
market is subject to speculation and volatile prices. As
a result, households are obliged to sell off their assets
to survive through the dry season and to reduce the
quality and quantity of what they eat. Consequently,
the rates of malnutrition (chronic and acute) have over
the past ten years been around 10% - the alert level,
according to international standards. CARE has a
long experience working with communities to reduce
their vulnerability and support existing livelihood strategies.
This project will build on these experiences to
help extremely vulnerable households cope with high
prices and malnutrition. The objective is, by 2011, to
have reduced the negative effects of price volatility in
13 municipalities in the two districts of Madarounfa
and Filingué.
Final beneficiaries
36 285 persons from 5 200 households.
Total estimated cost *
€ 1 500 000
Amount requested *
€ 1 350 000
Partners
losses by 50%.
13 communes by improved agricultural production,
Association HIMMA, Niger and Association pour
Main activities
improved governance of food security issues and
management of malnutrition.
la Redynamisation de l’Elevage au Niger (ARENA),
Niger.
Construction of fi ve agribusiness centres; establishment
of a rotating fund for improved seeds; inputs
Main activities
provision to farmers; organisation of demonstration
The action proposes three overall activities:
fi elds; training of farmers in the use of inputs, and
• social safety nets for extremely vulnerable
on pest and disease control; training in post-harvest
households including cash transfers, cereal banks
management techniques; classifi cation, cleaning,
packaging and storage of maize and beans.
Oxfam Novib, Netherlands
efu@oxfamnovib.nl
www.oxfamnovib.nl
DCI-FOOD/128608/604
and access to fertiliser;
CARE Danmark, Denmark
mhaahr@care.dk
care@care.dk
www.care.dk
DCI-FOOD/128608/575
42 * Actions and amounts can be discussed/negotiated among the parties