In Mozambique, communities across several districts in the northern provinces are benefiting from field day activities that aim to enhance their practical agricultural knowledge. These events are designed to introduce farmers to new technologies and techniques that can significantly improve agricultural production and productivity on their farms.
Field days bring together men, women, and youth farmers engaged in the cultivation of crops like maize, sesame, cowpeas, sweet potatoes, soybeans, peanuts, and pigeon peas, as well as in livestock and poultry farming. Participants attend hands-on sessions that cover good farming practices, the use of improved climate-resilient seeds, crop and animal disease management, and innovative harvesting techniques. These activities help foster greater adoption of sustainable and productive farming methods.
In Niassa province, which has strong agricultural potential, the Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I) is being implemented by IITA–CGIAR in collaboration with the International Potato Center (CIP). The initiative supports local farmers in sweet potato cultivation by promoting the use of new technologies. This includes the adoption of improved sweet potato varieties that offer higher nutritional value, shorter production cycles, and better economic returns for farming families.
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