Africa's rural agriculture is built on the back of women. From tilling the land to everything in-between including watering and weeding, African women do it all. The women of Chibavana, a district of Sofala Province in Mozambique, are some of the hardest working farmers in the region. All year-round, they rise to the fields at dawn and [...]
A small business selling farmers’ surplus crops grows into a major fertilizer distributor. Sikadza Kokha Lda is a hub agrodealer in Mozambique’s Tete province owned by Mr. Jonas Jacob Lazaro, a 35-year-old father of five. “I come from a poor family of farmers and I was forced to quit my studies at grade 5 because my [...]
A cooperative society evolves into a major fertilizer distributor in a flood-hit region In 2010 and 2012 heavy rains hit the Chokwé district of Mozambique’s southern Gaza province, leaving more than 10,000 people destitute. Most of them were smallholder farmers. In an effort to reclaim their livelihoods, these farmers got together with partner organizations, including the [...]
A seed-multiplication business grows into a successful hub-agrodealer and commodity trader. During Mozambique’s civil war, Mr. Peter Waziweyi moved his family to Zimbabwe, where they lived and worked for many years. But he always wanted to return home, so when the war ended he did just that. The family acquired land in Báruè District, and started [...]
