Agriservi – About us
You can click on the following link to look at a video to see Who we are and What we do : Agriservi - Who we are and what we do
Other videos that are also available 1. Agriservi - finding the missing child of Resele .
2. Agriservi - A walk to remeber .
3. Agriservi - Ploughing with oxen .
A different way to assist poor people in Mozambique and to change the way they think about farming. You can stay in control and get 100 % feedback on everything that has been done with your money.
Who we are: Agriservi is a new private, non-profit, agriculture Company in Mozambique. The primary goal of Agriservi is to assist in the development of semi-commercial farms in Mozambique. Agriservi provides a service to link Donors, Beneficiaries and expert work groups through our operating system.
Agriservi also has an expert work group that can assist any donor to execute the work in any project.
What we work for:
Agriculture and food security. – Many people in Mozambique and especially in the far rural areas are still not sure about at least one meal per day. Food depends too much on rainfall and other problems that cannot be controlled. We work for bigger planting areas, especially for women and older people and to ensure better storage facilities when they do have a crop to harvest.
Different storage facilities that are used by the Mabote farmers.
Sustainable agriculture – We do a very broad investigation as to which people really have the ability to become semi-commercial farmers. To make sure that we invest in something that is sustainable, we choose our farmers and support the workers .We work with individuals, but organize them together according to their natural geographical position. We believe that 1 semi-commercial farmer that is up lifted can improve the lives of 20 other people who haven’t got the ability.
Education – Education in agriculture is an ongoing process, but we also put a lot of emphasis on educating pre-school children and bigger children who was falling out of the school system. At present we have got 45 children in our pre-school and 6 students in our out-of-school program.
Women`s empowerment – Women suffers the most. Many of our registered farmers are women. In some cases the husband is working somewhere else and never come back to support his family or, in many cases, the women never had any husband and try to make a living for her and her children. We pay for teams of hand laborers to help women and old people to clean their land and to do the initial hard work. We also pay for cattle teams to help with their soil preparation.
General better living conditions – It is not possible to live amongst the people and not to get involved in their daily lives. People need to eat and look after children and the sick and the elderly and to carry water while they are also working. We help with then carrying of water. Once a week we take the sick to the nearest hospital. We help to sort out the normal social issues that exist in any area.
Madalla Fransisco before Agriservi Madalla Fransisco after Agriservi
Protecting our resources. – When the need for food becomes too strong, the first priority become to de-bush. Without proper planning and education, nothing will be left for the future. We help our farmers with their planning and to take decisions that would help them but also still protect their natural resources.
Fight for water - Although we try, it is not possible to carry water for all those who suffer to get water at their houses. We are working on a project that will give a borehole with a solar pump and 4 tanks to be used by 4 neighboring farmers. This will also enable them to water their crop when it is extremely dry or hot. They will then be able to produce crop throughout the year.
How we work :
Agriservi lives in a tented camp that moves on a 2-week basis between the 3 areas. We live between the people themselves and go out to the different workplaces each day. At the moment we are helping to de-bush and use mainly hand labor and 2 chain saws and the Agriservi vehicle. We also help with training, setup of plant programs and efforts to organize product marketing.