FOOD SECURITY

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The objective of this project is to strengthen national capacity to confront and deter the major causes of food insecurity in Mozambique through the formulation and implementation of appropriate food security policies and programs. The project has three main components. First, policy development through strengthening capacity for monitoring of poverty and household food security status and strategies and policy analysis within a recently-established Poverty Alleviation Unit of the National Planning Commission. Second, awareness-creation and in-service training through: (a) support for two national food security conferences, a series of workshops and high-level policy seminars to create widespread awareness and debate of food security issues; (b) intensive short-term training courses for managerial/technical central and provincial staff in analysis of food security issues and appropriate responses -- including concepts/methods, marketing, production, planning/management, macroeconomic aspects and household access -- to be offered through Centro de Formacao Agrario (CFA) in Maputo; (c) development of training modules on food security topics for inclusion in training courses for district and provincial staff at CFA's provincial centers to be offered as part of ongoing rural development programs; and (d) curriculum development, pedagogical materials, textbooks and staff development for the inclusion of food security/nutrition-related courses at training institutes in health. Third, strengthening the food security dimension of university-level pre-service training programs through support for development/implementation of research and teaching on smallholder farming and food security issues at the University Faculty of Agriculture, including technical cooperation with overseas universities, faculty exchanges, research funds, computer equipment, books and other pedagogical materials.

FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Raw Materials, Commercial, Government, Education