Cyclone Idai: Jump-starting farmer recovery in Mozambique. Outcome story.

Cyclone Idai, which hit southern Africa on 15 March 2019, left more than 1000 dead and widespread crop loss

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
31 May 2019
Country:
Mozambique
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Agriculture and Humanitarian Disasters and Emergencies
Authors:
International Potato Center

Abstract

Cyclone Idai, which hit southern Africa on 15 March 2019, left more than 1000 dead and USD 2 billion of damage that included widespread crop loss, A collaboration of the International Potato Center (CIP) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) put 7,500 farmers in Manica province, Mozambique on the road to recovery through distribution of 40 tons of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) planting material.

Citation

International Potato Center. 2019. Cyclone Idai: Jump-starting farmer recovery in Mozambique. Outcome story. Lima (Peru). International Potato Center. 2p.

Cyclone Idai: Jump-starting farmer recovery in Mozambique. Outcome story

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Published 31 May 2019
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