Mozambique

Land tenure is theoretically safe for communities and smallholders. However, the emergence of state and private "mega-projects" in agriculture (e.g. Prosavana), forest plantations (e.g. Portucel), mining (e.g. Coal Exploitation in Tete - Vale, Gas Exploration in Palma - ENH and Anadarko), construction of public infrastructure (Maputo-Katembe Bridge, Moamba Dam, etc.) has results in the increase in the number of land conflicts between the private sector and the communities as well as between communities and the Government.

Socio-economic indicators browse all

78,638,000 ha

1,295.2 USD

29,495,962

36 %

Land-related indicators browse all

63.5 %

56.9 %

2.4 %

4,829,766 ha

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Terra Firma & Centro Terra Viva initiate new project in Mozambique

9 June 2021

After much planning and preparation, we are looking forward to starting a new land governance project in Mozambique with our partners, Centro Terra Viva. With support from the Land-at-Scale programme, we will be able to provide thousands more Mozambicans with proof of their land rights and further…

Food insecurity crisis accelerating in Southern Africa

28 May 2021

Writing in the Daily Maverick Citizen Tatenda Mazurura reports on the finding of the Hunger Hotspots report highlighting that in parts of Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, many people are experiencing a critical hunger situation, with extreme…

Job Opportunity: Local Content Associate for Lusophone Countries

12 March 2021

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Mozambique

projects

LAND-at-scale

Value: €32,000,000.00

Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Good Financial Governance in Decentralized Administration in Rural Areas

Value: $2,140,000.00

Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

MOLA (Mozambique Land Action)

Value: $8,440,000.00

Donors: UK Department for International Development

Acting for the sustainable use of natural resources

Donors: UK Department for International Development

Land Tenure Services Project

Value: $39,500,000.00

Donors: United States Agency for International Development

Transnational Nature Reserves - Great Limpopo Park V & VI

Value: $2,091,000.00

Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Recipe for conflict: Northern Mozambique’s tinder-dry fields of straw are ripe for burning

2 May 2021

By David Matsinhe for the Daily Maverick. Originally posted at: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-04-25-recipe-for-conflict-n... To understand the roots of the insurgency in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, one has to look at how Maputo, in pursuit of coal and gas wealth, has…

Webinar: Realizing women’s land rights in Africa

In October 2016, women farmers from 22 countries across Africa climbed the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to claim women’s rights for access to and control over land and natural resources. This event coincided with the launch of a campaign of the African Land Policy Centre (ALPC) to reach the target of…