Mozambique Coping with Drought and Climate Change Story - "Resisting Drought with New Crops and Water Harvesting", August 2010

The aim of the project is to reduce drought vulnerability in farming and pastoral communities by guaranteeing water supply and by training the communities to grow drought-resistant crops, like sweet potato, cassava or sorghum. Women will be trained to preserve natural fruits such as marula, massala,tinhiri ( Sophora inhambansis ) and Tinwambo (Sponea aquatica )  for sale in markets.  The project will also help improve the communication lines to make weather forecast and climate information available to communities.

The project sites, Mbala-vala, Nhanguenha, Nalazi  and Chivonguene communities, belong to the semi-arid regions of the Limpopo River Basin. These are among the poorest and most drought-prone areas of the country. According to observations by the National Disaster Management Institute, 2,600 of the 75,000 inhabitants of Guijá suffered from food insecurity in February 2010.