ADRA Mozambique

3TH -4TH Dec 2015 Hotel MercuryParis, France

Brief Background of Grantee

ADRA (Adventist and Relief Development Agency) is a non profit organization established in Mozambique since 1987 in response to the war crisis. With the end of the civil war ADRA focused interventions in development programs in areas of food security, income generation, health and nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene and education with the Goal to improve the livelihoods of rural populations in targeted areas.

Brief Summary of project theory of change and objectives

Sustainable guarante of food security for 1500 beneficiaries throught agricultural practices wich contributes to reduce the degradation and deforestation rates

Specific Objective

Reduction of practices and human actions that increase the pressure for deforestation and degradation

Increasing of production and productivity of sellected crops introduced within the benefited communities

High level results at the outcome and objective level

Maize Ground nuts

Pegeon pea

Sesame0

200400600800

10001200140016001800

before projectTargetAchieved

1800 kg

1300 kg

480 kg300 kg

1000 kg

1200 kg

800 kg

160 kg300 kg

217 kg

1100 kg

Activities and achievements

Activity Target Achievement % of Achievement

# of farmer trained in shifting cultivation 1500 1096 74 %

# of farmer trained in conservation farming 1500 1096 74 %

# of farmer trained in good agriculture pratices

1500 855 57 %

Activities and achievements

0600

1,2001,800

TargetAchieved

120 %

91%66%

Result on carbon stocks in areas with and without conservation agricultura including native forest

FN_30 AC_16 AC_4 AC_3 Ancov_1505

1015202530 a

a

b b

c

Crop System

EST(

MgC

/ha)

Can working with small scale farmers in smallholdings actually make any difference?

Maize Ground nuts0

50010001500200025003000350040004500

before projectTargetAchieved

4200kg

3500 kg

1200g

160 kg 300 kg

800 kg

What does it cost and how to scale up?

Low labor Land requirement Low in-puts

Marketing component VSL Integrations of different approaches

Emerging challenges and lessons……

Coverage area of the implementation Needs outcomes in very short time

Self Organized Farmer Organizations tend to be more active and willing to participate in project interventions.

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