Mozambique - Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) - Pilot Project

The Pilot Project of the Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) is designed because food security situation for a large section of the population in Mozambique remains precarious largely. The overall strategy of the project aims to identify and demonstrate the techniques and organisational skills that work on specific pilot sites for a sustainable progress towards food security. The project should develop pilot schemes to evaluate agricultural production technologies and new approaches for assisting small farmers to benefit from improved technology on a sustainable basis. It should be focus on water control and management technologies. Furthermore, the project should demonstrate additional activities that should facilitate diversification of farm to livestock activities with a particular focus on women’s groups. It comprises three components namely: (i) water control and management (ii) intensification and diversification, and (iii) project management.