Mozambique Compact - Farmer Income Support

MCC’s $506.9 million Mozambique Compact (2008-2013) funded the $18.9 million Farmer Income Support Project (FISP) to mitigate crop disease in treatment areas. FISP was based on the theory that rehabilitating high disease areas (endemic) by clearing dead trees and training farmers to plant alternative crops would lead to crop diversification; training farmers in disease control and removing diseased trees would stop crop disease in low disease (epidemic) areas; and planting seedlings in both areas along with providing business development grants to local businesses, would increase coconut production and its byproducts, leading to higher farm income.