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Africa
Mauritania
Mauritania
Mozambique
Mozambique
Members of the Guidimakha Farmers Organisation
weighing local sorghum
Entering Aweinat managed area
Meeting with farmers to discuss the ongoing project
Cultivated fi elds
Projects funded by the EU
Initiative to relaunch the
food-producing community
Summary and objectives
To improve accessibility to local food items (grains
and legumes) in poor rural areas, the national food
production system and coordination of food security
initiatives in Mauritania.
Target groups
Small-scale farmers, local authorities, national agricultural
liaison services and NGOs.
Final beneficiaries
Rural households.
Total estimated cost
€ 2 905460
Grant awarded
€ 2 614914
Partners
European and Mauritanian NGOs (Terre Solidali,
Tenmiya, ECODEV and Terre Solidaire Mauritanie).
Green Income for food
Summary and objectives
Increase of cash revenues to buy food through sustainable
management of sylvo-pastoral resources,
paid conservation works (soil and water, fi rebreaks)
as well as value chain development of non-wood
forest products (e.g. arabic gum, baobab fruit, desert
date).
Target groups
13500 members of inter-village resource management
organisations, of whom 6800 are women.
Final beneficiaries
124 000 inhabitants of collectively defi ned and locally
managed areas - of whom 62% in Guidimakha and
47% in Hodh El Gharbi are poor.
Total estimated cost
€ 5490000
Grant awarded
€ 2418374
Partners
France Volontaires, Association for Integrated
Development in Guidimakha (ADIG).
Improving food security in the districts
of Nhamatanda and Buzi (Sofala) and
Marracuene (Maputo)
Summary and objectives
To improve food security conditions in the provinces
of Sofala and Maputo. In particular, the project aims
at increasing agriculture production and improving
conditions for commercialising products in the districts
mentioned.
Target groups
1 350 families (about 8000 people – association
members and farming families), and 20 agricultural
technicians.
Final beneficiaries
47 900 farmers – Marracuene district (8700), Buzi
district (27600) and Nhamatanda district (11600).
Total estimated cost
€ 1305047
Grant awarded
€ 1174542
Partners
ORAM and Parco Tecnologico Padano.
Low-cost "fridges" for rural Africa –
poverty reduction and food security
using indigenous post-harvest
technology
Summary and objectives
To address food security issues affecting rural households
via the use of low-cost indigenous technologies
for community-based post-harvest seed multiplication.
To help more than 38000 farmer households
reduce post-harvest grain storage losses to less than
5%, improve access to quality seeds, and increase
average food crop yields by 100%.
Target groups
150 farmers’ associations (about 3 750 members,
35% women), and 300 Community Development
Councils (about 6000 members, more than
30% women).
Final beneficiaries
Some 290000 rural families in 8 districts of northern
Mozambique.
Total estimated cost
€ 1524005
Grant awarded
€ 1365661
Groupe de Recherche
et de Réalisation pour le
Développement Rural dans le
tiers-monde (GRDR), France
grdr@grdr.org
www.grdr.org
Contract DCI-FOOD/212-845
GTZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Technische Zusammenarbeit,
Germany
karl-peter.kirsch-jung@gtz.de
www.gtz.de/en/weltweit/afrika/
mauretanien/13102.htm
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-637
CESVI – Cooperazione e Sviluppo,
Italy
cesvi@cesvi.org
www.cesvi.eu
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-700
Helvetas, Switzerland
helvetas.maputo@tvcabo.co.mz
www.helvetas.org.mz
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-015
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