Agro-Industrial Development for Commercial Banana Production in Sofala and Nampula Provinces

Client – CETA
Location – Sofala and Nampula – Mozambique
Year – 2007
Time – 6 months

Verde Azul assisted a group of investors to acquire the land use right document, from areas of cultivated land for the production of agro industrial bananas for export in the provinces of Sofala and Nampula.

Verde Azul implemented preliminary studies to assess the viability of banana production in terms of yield performance.

This involved the mobilization and coordination of soil studies, contacts with provincial and local authorities (SPGC and Economic Activities) and an environmental assessment of tracking and analyzing soil suitability and climatic conditions, as well as testing a number of varieties and of various planting technologies.