The Norwegian government will invest 284.4 million meticals (4.5 million dollars) to improve urban management in the city of Nampula, in the province of the same name, Radio Moçambique reported this Friday, 9 August.
The agency explains that the money will also be used to increase access to services and livelihoods for the urban population, which is vulnerable and affected by climate change in the province.
The representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agency in Mozambique, José Luís Fernandes, said in Maputo, at the launch of the “Resilient Cities” project, that the initiative has an urban food production component.
For his part, the mayor of Nampula said that the city is taking on the triple planetary crisis that includes climate change, loss of biodiversity and pollution, hence the priority of investing in citizens’ environmental education.
Nampula Municipality
At the end of July, DE reported that Norway intends to make a total of 5.9 billion meticals (94 million dollars) available to improve food security in six African countries, including Mozambique. The money will be used to help produce climate-adapted rice, preserve local seeds and increase the productivity of small farmers.
The money will also be used to increase access to services and livelihoods for the urban population, which is vulnerable and affected by climate change in that province
“World hunger is on the rise for the fifth year running. Almost 300 million people don’t know when and how they will eat their next meal. Improving food security is a key priority for the Norwegian government’s development policy,” said a report published by regjeringen.no.
According to the Norwegian government’s official website, the funding will be managed by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and will be channelled over a period of five years to initiatives carried out by different organisations working in Niger, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Mozambique.
