The training may help farmers to enhance their productive capacity

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held in Marracuene district, an agroecology training, under the project: "Strengthening Capacities of Agricultural producers to cope with Climate Change for increased Food Security through the Farmers Field School approach".


The ten days (10-19 October) training was attended by participants from the central government from Tete, Gaza, Sofala and Manica provinces, civil society and farmers' organizations involved in sustainable production and agroecology in the country. It aims to help farmers to maintain agricultural productivity within climate changes.


During the opening ceremony of the training, the National Director of Agricultural Extension, Sandra Silva, said that "this agroecology training fits on the current context of climate change in the country and it may be important to note which changes are occurring on climate, rainfall pattern and in soils because all this factors are affecting the development of crops and animals".


Silva also said that "it is important to study agroecology to understand how these factors interact and affect the development of the agricultural sector to find the best way of resilience".


In whole, 46 technicians including extension agents, teachers and facilitators of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) from the four mentioned provinces will be trained.


The FAO technical advisor of the project, Pedro Simpson, said that "this training fits on the framework to implement the project, building capacities in farmers to adapt to climate changes.


Launched in Maputo last July, the project "aims to guarantee and to ensure food security conditions for the beneficiary communities through sustainable food production, promoting food security and nutrition" he said.


Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) this project seeks to explore many approaches to help farmers to enhance their productive capacity. The training will also help FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MASA) to define more clearly and in a participatory manner the strategies used in the implementation process.