Inclusive Agri-food Value-chain Development Program

Adaptation Need:

Mozambique faces increasing climate risks—such as droughts, floods, and shifting rainfall patterns—that threaten agricultural productivity and food security. These challenges are especially critical for smallholder farmers who dominate the maize, soybean, and poultry value chains. The PROCAVA project seeks to strengthen resilience across this integrated value chain by promoting climate-smart agriculture, inclusive market systems, and sustainable rural development.

GCA’s Added Value:

GCA’s interventions focus on climate-informed planning, private sector engagement, and scaling of climate-resilient innovations. Key activities include conducting climate risk and vulnerability assessments, strengthening access to digital climate advisory services (DCAS), promoting adoption of climate-resilient seeds, analyzing farmer typologies and market barriers, developing a business case and ROI analysis, and identifying gaps in seed systems to improve availability and uptake—especially among smallholder farmers. Through its partnership with the CGIAR, GCA has leveraged the technical expertise of three Centers: IITA, ILRI and ICRISAT to integrate adaptation solutions, especially climate-resilient seeds and poultry breeds that are suitable for the Mozambique context.