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Banca “Ponto De Encontro”.

“Here is the knowledge center.”

Mateus Viramanga

Mateus Viramanga started selling seeds in the village of “I began to believe what they had to say when we began
Estaquinha over 20 years ago. He sold seeds and other to embark on a series of training sessions. We made
products such as food from a small stall. He said that business partnerships with five large companies. AFAP
the sale of seeds was not his main activity because the built a shop that has now become a center to share
population traditionally stored their seeds. agrarian knowledge with farmers”.

“In 2018, AFAP staff appeared and suggested that I sell Viramanga said that he has a total of six farms that will be
seeds under good conditions. They told me that the way available to the farming population to learn how to deal
I kept seeds was not good. At first I did not believe that with fertilizers, improved seeds and other inputs.
these people came with good intentions; I watched what
they said, but with some reservations,” said Viramanga. “I am very happy for everything that AFAP has brought to
all of us,” he concluded.

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