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Lifting Farmers out
The administrator of Búzi, Maria Bemadete Roque, said
of the Abyss that the seed shop offered farmers a form of resilience
which will allow them to establish themselves again.

The “Ayob Esmail” seed shop is located in heart of Búzi
village, where the population has lost everything. The
shop’s owner, Ayob Esmail Faquir Bay, knows that many
The establishment of input shops in the more remote challenges will be faced. He said his training in the sale
areas of the three districts of Sofala province, namely and handling of seeds and other inputs has allowed him
Chibabava, Búzi and Nhamatanda have also included the to meet the many challenges that have occurred. “We
village headquarters of this district. This is a place whose know the suffering that our farmers are going through.
population is still suffering from the recent onslaughts of We have faith that we can all prosper,” Bay said. He has
cyclone Idai and the floods that have devastated almost had several demonstration farms and proposes to assist
everything. 7000 farmers.

The president of Chicumbua rice farmers’ forum in
Búzi district, Gomes Magombe Jose, said that with the
installation of input shops, the country would benefit.
Farmers of Búzi Being

Taught to “Fish” “AFAP and its partners followed the popular adage that
the best way to help poor people is to teach them to fish.
The organization has done it well. It has brought in seeds
and fertilizers. Now let us begin to work; those who do
not work suffer.”

Marinde Albino, the secretary of Búzi District Farmers
Union, says it is a great relief for farmers to have a shop
nearby. “Before, we traveled 300 or 400 km to buy seed and
risked being robbed. At a district level, our organization
appreciates the establishment of the shop,” he said.

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