2023 - 2025
Strengthening ecosystem management in Mozambique
Vision
Strengthening ecosystem management in the project area to increase resilience to the effects of climate change through food security, income generation, environmental management and social cohesion.
Approach
The project aims to strengthen the capacities of communities to promote their food and nutrition autonomy, diversify their income and enable future-oriented resource management.
Partner
Impact
30-40% more diversity in household food production through fruit- and vegetables cultivation, and livestock farming
9 communities are implementing the ecosystem approach in practice, with 9 schools also participating
80 hectares of land in the river basins are being reforested
30% increase in women's participation in the committees
Story
Seeds of Resilience
When Cyclone Freddy hit Sofala in early 2023, 32-year-old farmer Alcina lost nearly all of her crops. «For days I stared at the empty fields and wondered how I would feed my children», she recalls.
Through the LIMES project, Alcina received drought-resistant maize and bean seeds, along with training in climate-smart agriculture. With the help of other women in her producer association, she began to cultivate a small irrigated plot near the Metuchira River.
«It was the first time I used drip irrigation», she says. «The plants grew strong, even when the rains did not come.» Within a year, Alcina was harvesting not only enough food for her family but also surplus vegetables to sell at the local market. She later joined one of the new Business Clubs, learning to negotiate prices and save a little income each month.
Looking back, Alcina smiles: «I thought everything was lost after the cyclone. But today, I feel secure. My children eat better, and I can plan for tomorrow.»
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Description
The LIMES project is improving food security, income, environmental quality and social cohesion in nine communities in the centre of the country.
The nine beneficiary communities of this project are located on the southern bank of the Pungue River, where it borders Gorongosa National Park. Communities within the park's buffer zone deal with ecological, social, epidemiological, and economic issues as well as issues brought on by a lack of knowledge about nutrition. The circumstances are precarious. The project covers 13,750 families or 71,560 people.