Mozambique - Family Farming Livestock Rehabilitation Project (FFLRP)

The Family Farming Livestock Rehabilitation Project (FFLRP) in Mozambique is designed on the assumption that the security situation in the country will gradually improve. The project components are directed towards the establishment of a farming systems research programme and an animal production extension network, and to the rehabilitation and development of animal health services. This components will focus on activities that will improve livestock husbandry and production levels principally in the family sector. Through its farming systems research and its extension network , the project will identify constraints and need within the sector, and introduce improved farming practices. The project will have a national scope. In view however of the higher concentration of cattle in the southern Provinces of Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane, the principal activities for cattle will be carried out in these Provinces, initially focusing on 10 priority districts which have been identified by the Government. Intervention will commence in those Districts which are currently safe, spreading later to other Districts as the security situation improves. The project will also assist the regeneration and improvement of small ruminants in those areas where these species have been traditionally kept, and cattle are absent because of animal trypanosomiasis, and will revive backyard poultry production in the northern Provinces, which in stable times are grain surplus areas. The shortage of adequately trained manpower and institutional strengthening will be addressed through the provision of technical assistance and training support. The project will have a duration of five years.