It's been a beautiful couple of months of family and friend visits, several weddings and lots of rest! :) Project Rx is now ready to return to Mozambique! This time, I'll be doing advocacy for Project Rx and looking for the many ways at how we can integrate our work into other organizations and community development efforts. More and more I am encouraged to present our incredible findings and have been asked by many for access to our research.
Just today I was reminded about how important our work truly is. In the recent update of Farm Radio Weekly News, they keyed in on the importance of small-scale farming at the village level. Here is what they reported:
And, so, the preparation begins again for the trek back to Mozambique and for the connection of Project Rx to other organizations to fight the fight for greater farming sustainability and food security. This time, I will only have three months to arrange everything to get around Mozambique and get our information in the hands of as many organizations and efforts that we possibly can!Small-scale agriculture in Africa is very much back on the international development agenda and in the news this week. Farmers in Niger are currently suffering the effects of flooding after months of drought, as you can read in our news brief. Wheat prices are rising, which has caused people to riot in Maputo, Mozambique, as the price of bread rose by 30 per cent. Meanwhile, Kofi Annan received the Borlaug Medallion from the World Food Prize Foundation. This recognizes his commitment to improving food security in Africa. Mr. Annan is chair of the board of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA, which works to achieve food security in Africa. He said, “The time is right to invest in African agriculture and our smallholder farmers.”
What a better way to do that than to print out our materials ourselves and distribute them!? I'm now creating versions of our research that can be adapted for any climate, not just the sub-tropical climate of Mozambique. I will be working on these materials up until the date I have to head over. Thankfully, I can cheaply print materials before I leave and ship them to Mozambique.
I hope to be in touch with everyone before the leave and cannot wait to get back into action!
Please contact me if you might be interested in your own sustainable farming guide!: aromero@projectrx.org
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