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More than 80% of the population in Mozambique is active in the agriculture sector. Of these, about 90% work in family farming. The family farming system in the country is characterized by family labor forces and a low degree of mechanization, with the large majority of agricultural production being rain-fed....

Thanks to the joint efforts deployed by a group of paralegals of the local NGO AMUDEIA, trained by the Juridical and Judicial Training Centre of the Ministry of Justice (CFJJ) with support of FAO, the first three land titles in favour of vulnerable women have been issued recently. [ more...]...