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Food Security and Environmental Stewardship in Mozambique: A 15-Year Integrated Development Plan

This mini-project aims to develop a comprehensive plan for Mozambique's development over the next 15 years, focusing on minimizing food insecurity and the environmental impact of agriculture. The plan will include quantitative goals to measure its effectiveness. Presentation of the plan will be on Friday, October 9.

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Food Security and Environmental Stewardship in Mozambique: A 15-Year Integrated Development Plan

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  1. Mission 2019Mini-project 2: Food security and environmental stewardship in Mozambique www.foodsecurityportal.org

  2. Why Mozambique? • Politically fairly stable since end of civil war in 1992 • GDP growing due to foreign investment in extraction industries (coal, titanium, aluminum)

  3. Why Mozambique? • 178th out of 187 countries in UNDP 2014 Human Development Index • 1/3 of population chronically food-insecure • Child (<5 yrs) malnutrition 43% • Child (<5 yrs) Vitamin A and iron deficiency 69% and 74%, respectively https://www.wfp.org/countries/mozambique

  4. Why Mozambique? • Quickly growing population Units in thousands (so 200k = 200M) Current pop: 24.5M 2100 pop: >100M

  5. Why Mozambique? • Quickly growing population

  6. Why Mozambique? • Conflict between foreign investment aimed at producing cash crops for export vs. traditional subsistence farmers http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/25/mozambique-land-food-idUSL5N0YC35120150525

  7. Why Mozambique? • High incidence of flooding/drought coupled with low resilience

  8. February 2014 • High incidence of flooding/drought coupled with low resilience earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85145

  9. January 2015 • High incidence of flooding/drought coupled with low resilience earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85145

  10. Why Mozambique? • Strong warming predicted in 21st century Shepherd, Nature Geoscience 2014

  11. Why Mozambique? • Endangered species habitat: e.g. Gorongosa National Park www.gorongosa.org

  12. Mini-project 2 • Develop an integrated plan for Mozambique’s development over the coming 15 years that sets the country up for minimizing food insecurity and the environmental impact of agriculture in the 21st century. • Develop quantitative goals that would allow you to see if your plan worked after 15 years. • Present your plan on Friday, October 9.

  13. mozambique.opendataforafrica.org

  14. The coming week • Monday: Group work day • Wednesday: Visit by Terrascope mentor Hal Gustin • Friday: Group work day

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