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(8) The data assembled for the land cover, biodiversity, climate, landuse and soils has beenassembled in a digital information framework (ZambeziDIF), which when combined withthe VIC hydrology model, will provide a potentially powerful analytical capability forallowing a range of stakeholders to examine current and future landscape and hydrologicaldynamics of the lower Zambezi Basin.8
1. INTRODUCTI<strong>ON</strong>1.1. PROJECT PURPOSE1. The Government of Mozambique (GOM) has requested the Bank to address the developmentconstraints and to improve small holder productivity by adopting a community demand-drivenapproach. The objective of the proposed Zambezi Valley Market Led Smallholder DevelopmentProject is to increase incomes of five selected districts through broad-based and sustainableagricultural growth. The Project will start operations in the two adjacent districts: Mutarara, TeteProvince and Morrumbala, Zambezia Province. Further three districts are proposed for inclusionduring the second year of implementation. Preliminary selection of the remaining three districtshas identified Mopeia in Zambezia province and Maringue and Chemba in Sofala Province,although these could be modified during the initial stage of implementation.2. The purpose of this study is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry for the Coordination ofEnvironment Affairs (MICOA) to implement the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-financedcomponent of the Zambezi Valley Market Led Smallholder Development project and to collectquantitative baseline data that will facilitate an objective evaluation of the status of land coverand land use change dynamics over the last 10 years prior to the start of the Zambezi ValleyMarket Led Smallholder Development project.1.2. BACKGROUND INFORMATI<strong>ON</strong>3. The development objective of the Project is to increase the incomes of smallholderfarmers in selected districts of the Zambezi Valley region of central Mozambique. The GlobalEnvironment Objective is to limit and reverse land degradation and to improve ecosystemresilience towards climate change. The Global Environment Objective is also synergistic with thecreation of local benefits and improved livelihoods. Besides the national economic and socialbenefits of increased agricultural growth, the blending of the project with a Global EnvironmentalFacility (GEF) grant will significantly harness the potential synergies between national goals andglobal benefits such as reduced deforestation and the resultant global biodiversity loss andreduced greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining the functional integrity of both upland forestand lowland riparian ecosystems. For example, the current use of extensive farming methods isleading to increasing deforestation, land degradation, and further clearing of native woodlands asfarmers abandon degraded land. The loss of ecosystem services (local hydrology, habitats fornative biodiversity) from deforestation and land degradation is increasing the vulnerability oflocal communities to droughts and floods and markets.4. The project’s activities will directly address the negative environmental impactsidentified above and strengthen local and national capacity to integrate climate change risk intosustainable land management planning via the testing and calibration of dynamic vegetation, soil,hydrology model for improved predictive capacity of local climate change impact scenarios.Priority areas for improving land management to enhance adaptation include gallery forests andriparian zones which help to stabilize hydrological flows and thus reduce the possibility ofdegradation of existing agricultural lands. The resulting ‘avoided deforestation and reducedcarbon emissions’ are highly desirable outputs from an adaptation perspective.5. Key outcome indicators reflecting achievement of the Project development objective will be:the creation of social, physical and investment capital as well as associated market and supportsystems. The achievement of the global environment objective will be measured by: i) an increaseof at least 20,000 ha under improved SLM or natural resource management practices in Projectarea by Project end; ii) a measurable increase in biodiversity or carbon sequestration in targetedProject sites vs. control sites as measured by one or more of the following: (a) reappearance ofnative species, (b) increased carbon stocks, (c) reduced soil erosion, (d) reduced incidences of9
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