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Elias Tomás Sibanda: producers, who meet regularly to share knowledge about
appropriate agricultural inputs for production.
From Stall Holder to
Sibanda was awarded the responsibility of managing the
Agrodealer agricultural inputs shop, which was built and equipped as
part of this program. Before that, he used to sell at a small
market other products as well as seeds in poor packaging,
which affected the quality of seeds. At that time the
seed could only be purchased in the cities of Beira and
Chimoio, which are about 300 km away from Chibabava.
Elias Tomás Sibanda is the first agrodealer selling better-
quality seeds in the community of Chibabava district. “I am very happy about the support I was given. I have
Sibanda is the first merchant to devote himself solely become a highly valued person among the farmers in this
to selling agricultural inputs. He says that after being district. All the producers have come here to share the
contacted by AFAP under the Food Security Program knowledge I acquired during the training that took place
through Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change before the official delivery of this shop,” explained Sibanda
(FAR), he became a respected person among local with enthusiasm. “Everything seemed just like a dream!”

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