uso sustentável de recursos naturais e bem estar social
Client – Zambezi Valley Development Agency
Location – Mozambique, Caia, Sofala Province
Year – 2015 – 2018
Time – 3 years in development
The purpose of this consultancy is to guarantee land rights for small and medium-sized companies operating in the district of Caia. Expected results are:
Client – Bird Life International, IUCN and CEPF
Location – Chiperone Mountain, Milange District, Zambézia Province
Year – 2015
Time – 4 months in development
Ecological and socially based study of a vulnerable and strategically important ecosystem around Monte Chiperone in the province of Zambézia, Mozambique.
Monte Chiperone is a remote and largely unknown mountainous area, but with a wealth of species yet to be discovered. It presents isolated features of the forest that were separated by many thousands of years. In 2014, researchers found that Mount Chiperone is home to many species not found anywhere else, an example of which is the pygmy chameleon of a different species, as well as new species of snakes and butterflies that have recently been found in this area. The expedition stated that many more discoveries are expected in the future.
The focus of this project is to manage and protect this important conservation area.
Client – DGRV
Location – Manica – Mozambique
Year – 2013 – 2015
Time – 2 years
Assistance, Training and Institutional Capacity Building of 4 cooperatives for a total of 250 members to assist cooperatives in the development of a more profitable and socially and environmentally sustainable cooperative.
The cooperatives have received technical assistance from the Cooperative Union of American Cooperatives (UCLA) and Land O’Lakes since 2008. This assistance was provided to DANMOZ, a yogurt and cheese producer in Manica, who have been instrumental in promoting the establishment of these cooperatives. . Assistance from UCLA and Land O’Lakes will continue until the end of the year. Verde Azul’s assistance aims to form cooperatives in a sustainable manner. The project was extended at the end of 2014, to include the establishment of a cooperative union that will provide services to the others, such as: milk collection, milk conservation centers, sales negotiations, etc. The work involved assistance in defining strategic plans and developing operational business plans for each cooperative.
Client – E2A
Location – Inhambane and Matola – Mozambique
Year – 2014
Time – 8 months
The Pathfinder project, called mCenas!, is an interactive SMS system that was implemented by Verde Azul in 2014. The aim of the project was to reach young people (15-24 years old – with and without children) via SMS with educational messages based on a life story and an informational messaging system that will increase knowledge about contraceptive methods, dispel common myths and address common obstacles that young people face regarding the use of contraceptives.
Verde Azul has generated evidence on the acceptability of information about contraception by sms if it is acceptable, and what is its impact on the knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy of male and female youth aged 18-24 years in Mozambique. This project followed a narrow protocol that required a dynamic flow of participants in the field.
The SMS system that was evaluated had three main components:
The evaluation, which was conducted by E2A, focused on the sample of young people aged 18-24 years, distinguishing male and female subgroups with and without children in the cities of Inhambane and Matola.
The final documents included Baseline and Final Studies, as well as a summary of effectiveness, adjustments and improvements, as well as an action plan for the follow-up and monitoring of the SMS system.
Client – EDM, “Angelique”
Location – Cabo Delgado and Nampula
Year – 2015
Time – 2.5 months in development
This project has the following components:
This project will be implemented in the provinces of Nampula and Cabo Delgado.
Client – ANAC / MITUR
Location – Mozambique
Year – 2014 – 2015
Time – 8 months in development
This project was intended for the preparation of the Financial Plan for the Conservation Areas System in Mozambique, for a medium term period, in favor of a sustainable financial and ecological management of natural resources, biodiversity conservation and well-being of humanity.
Financial planning will include cost estimates for different types of conservation areas (and their protection zones), all included within the scope of the new Conservation Policy for Mozambique (National Parks, National Reserves including Biological and Marine Reserves, Forest Reserves and community reserves).
Client – SEKAB
Location – Cabo Delgado – Mozambique
Year – 2006 – 2010
Time – 8 years
Verde Azul provided management support and technical support for the development of an agro-energy investment project for a consortium of private investors that are linked to sugar production in southern Africa, as well as to the biofuels market in Sweden and other countries Europeans.
The project involved the strategic analysis of the various production opportunities in the country, establishment of production tests to select the varieties with the best performance, design of bankable projects and start of commercial operations. In the first phase, a sugar factory was set up to produce and market organically raw, unrefined and certified sugar, and commercially fair for Cabo Delgado Province.
The country’s coastal zone was digitized in five strategic areas with the potential to produce a critical mass of agricultural products and presented to the Board of Directors.
A 4-year research project was implemented in collaboration with ICRISAT and IIAM.
The EIA had its social and community and stakeholder base in an established network. Pre-certification by RSB and ECOCERT was prepared and granted to the project.
The pre-commercial phase included the mobilization of the team for the project (+/- 40 people), Environmental and Social License and authorization, and water license, land use, agricultural development, industrial processing export approvals and import. It also involved obtaining a permanent land use title (DUAT) in favor of the project, authorization from the CPI and community institutions, as well as from interested parties through regular community consultations.
It also involved mapping and resettling 600 families of self-subsistence farmers, using the principle of prior and free consent and the IFC manual for rural resettlements.
Commercial operations started in June 2012. Verde Azul supervised the team’s performance and are involved in requesting financing and purchase and sale contracts for the production of sugar. Verde Azul will start planning a second phase of bio ethanol production to mix with gasoline for the northern region (domestic supply).
Client – MINAG / CEPAGRI
Location – Maputo Province (Moamba and Boane), Gaza Province (Chokwé and Chibuto), Zambézia Province (Nicoadala and Maganja de Costa)
Year – 2012 – 2013
Time – 9 months
Verde Azul was hired to assist the Minister of Agriculture in the development of a National Strategy for the Mechanization of small and medium-sized farms, with the aim of allowing the National Directorate of Agricultural Services to change the current situation that most farmers in Mozambique they face it, as they depend on human strength and traditional hand tools, and do not produce enough income for the purchase of agricultural inputs, resulting in low incomes generally sufficient only for self-subsistence and with very few surpluses for sale.
The strategy’s objective was to create conditions to increase production and productivity in small agricultural units through the use of new and suitable forms of motor energy (tractors, machines, electrical energy, renewable energy, etc.), animal energy and / or use new agrarian knowledge.
The strategy developed by Verde Azul included the production of materials to promote and coordinate interventions in the mechanized agriculture value chain, as well as concrete proposals and model examples for improving agricultural technology and practices. This was very important in areas with agricultural potential and provided a competitive advantage to encourage profitable agricultural production.
Three Provinces and six geographical areas were selected for the project’s field research: Maputo Province (Moamba and Boane), Gaza Province (Chokwé and Chibuto) and Zambézia Province (Nicoadala and Maganja de Costa). The study areas were selected to understand the different actors involved in the mechanization process. The field research included inventories of existing agricultural production value chain systems.
The reports included recommendations for processing and assembling implements and machines, supplying tools and machines, evaluating and recommending suitable production systems in relation to energy use. Case studies and mechanization models and models were presented, as well as a marketing strategy. Various training courses were developed through provincial seminars for the preparation of the master plan.
Client – ANAC / MITUR
Location – Nampula and Zambézia – Mozambique
Year – 2014 – 2015
Time – 6 months in development
Elaboration of the Environmental Management Plan for the islands of the Archipelago along the coast of the provinces of Zambézia and Nampula in Mozambique (referred to as APAIPS). This Plan’s main objective is to ensure the following development activities:
(1) Protect, conserve and restore ecosystems, species and genetic diversity and marine and coastal resources, ensuring the continuous transition between different ecosystems;
(2) Encourage and facilitate sustainable development based on the sustainable exploitation of resources in APAIPS, in the areas of the provinces of Nampula and Zambézia;
(3) Reconcile the economic interests of the different stakeholders in APAIPS;
(4) Guarantee the sustainability of APAIPS itself through the adoption of appropriate mechanisms for fundraising, operational systems and efficient management and development of partnerships with other relevant entities and research institutions that support the project.
Client – Government of Cape Verde and MCC Cape Verde
Location – Cape Verde
Year – 2014 – 2016
Time – 12 months in development
The aim of this project is to provide technical assistance to the government authorities of Cape Verde. It was started on the ground in 2014. It aims to facilitate improvements in land administration systems and land rights records for communities, civil society and investors, with the purpose of analyzing the corresponding policies and legislation and providing advice to the authorities.
