Creating Jobs and Generating Income in Rural Areas of Mozambique through Cassava Production and Processing - GCP/MOZ/120/EC
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Although cassava is the most widely consumed starch in Mozambique, providing up to 30 percent of daily calorie intake, the country’s cassava processing industry remains weak, relying mainly on manual processing and posing a challenge for the value chain. With a number of barriers to a sound cassava processing industry in place in the country, such as low productivity levels and poor logistics, crucial measures were needed in order to make the crop commercially viable. In this context, the project targeted the two districts of Massingir and Mabalane, Gaza Province. Its overall objective was to promote the entire cassava value chain in order to drive micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises to contribute to poverty reduction through income generation opportunities in rural areas of Mozambique. In order to achieve this, emphasis was placed on three specific objectives, namely (i) increased productivity of cassava through farmer training and the improvement of access to good planting material, (ii) improved quality of cassava production and (iii) integration of smallholder farmers into the value chain and access to the cassava market. These objectives, in turn, were to be achieved through areas such as improved post-harvest handling techniques among farmers, the facilitation of district platforms and an enhanced capacity among farmers for organizational management, storage and commercialization.