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Beira Corridor: A

Final Piece of the

Production Chain Nhamatanda is one of the districts with the highest

Puzzle numbers of agroindustries in Mozambique. Although it
is considered the granary of Sofala province, the surplus
produced there cannot feed the industries that buy
cereals and other agricultural products in large quantities
for export.

By setting up input shops in various localities and AFAP has established a total of seven rural shops in
administrative posts in Nhamatanda district, in Sofala Nhamatanda, thus overcoming the problem of seed
province, the Food Security Program through Adaptation shortages, which most afflicted farmers in that district who
and Resilience to Climate Change (FAR) has added the used to buy seeds in Chimoio, Maputo and Beira. They, in
final link to the production chain along the Beira Corridor. turn, must start producing to supply these agroindustries.

Manuel Sitole is a small entrepreneur who saw the
marketing of seeds as a way to engage with farmers. He
Sitole Comercial said that before AFAP established the shop, business did
not flow and farmers produced much less than they do
- Intermediates now.

Marketing “With the support we had from AFAP, we were able to
forge a valuable commercial connection with input
providers such as Yara, Klein Karoo Seeds, and Syngenta
and other fertilizer suppliers. Our suffering has already
been overcome because new facilities built through this
partnership with AFAP has already allowed better seed
conditioning.”

Sitole Comercial assists nearly 4000 producers from
various regions in the district.

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