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The grant will fund the Rice Value Chain and Climate Resilience Project, which seeks to increase Mozambique’s rice self-sufficiency from 50 percent to 75 percent by 2030, addressing critical food security challenges in one of Africa’s most food-insecure nations.
The African Development Bank Group has approved a USD 22.8 million grant from its concessional African Development Fund to strengthen Mozambique’s rice value chain and enhance climate resilience, targeting 30,000 smallholder farmers across four provinces.
The grant will fund the Rice Value Chain and Climate Resilience Project, which seeks to increase Mozambique’s rice self-sufficiency from 50 percent to 75 percent by 2030, addressing critical food security challenges in one of Africa’s most food-insecure nations.
Despite rice being a staple food, Mozambique produces only half of the 600,000 tons it consumes annually. The country relies on imports to bridge the 300,000-ton gap, a dependence that drains foreign reserves and deepens rural poverty. Grant of USD 22.8 million targeting 30,000 smallholder farmers in four provinces
The project is designed to quadruple rice yields, from a ton per hectare to four tons per hectare, and raise annual household incomes from about USD 590 to USD 1,000. Initial results are expected to generate an extra 6,000 tons of rice annually. While that covers just 2 percent of the country’s current deficit, it sets a foundation for scaling up production and reducing import dependency.
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