AGROFORESTRY INITIATIVE IN ZAMBEZIA PROVINCE, MOZAMBIQUE

  In Mozambique, the primary driver of deforestation is slash and burn agriculture, with over 342 kha of natural forest lost in 2024, releasing 126 Mt of CO₂ emissions (Global Forest Watch Data).

By integrating trees into farming systems, agroforestry can enhance soil stability and improve agricultural yields on existing land, reducing the pressure to clear forests for new agricultural plots. By addressing key deforestation drivers, agroforestry holds potential to contribute to wider emission reductions in the landscape. 

Agroforestry can foster productive ecosystems which generate improved agricultural yields, supporting and enhancing famer livelihoods.

Agroforestry farmers can also obtain multiple streams of revenue from additional products such as fruit, timber, and nuts. This diversification stabilises earnings by reducing reliance on a single harvest, increasing resilience to climate and market risk.  

Agroforestry systems create diverse, structurally complex habitats for a range of native flora and fauna, including pollinators and natural pest predators. 

Through restoring native vegetation and improving soil health, agroforestry also strengthens ecosystem services such as water regulation, nutrient cycling, and carbon sequestration. 

  Well-designed agroforestry projects can provide longevity and permanence of carbon sequestration from increased tree biomass and organic input into soils, where carbon can remain for decades to centuries. 

By focusing on carbon removal, our agroforestry initiatives generate greater confidence from credit purchasers that carbon savings will be upheld.

  By placing focus on the development of agroforestry systems during initial project stages, we aim to to build a community of project beneficiaries that can collectively shape and guide the design and implementation of future nature-based projects within the landscape.