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The Best Green Business in the Country and Africa Shares Project to Help Disadvantaged Women in Inhambane

2020

The Docampo Organic Aquaponics (DOA) project was one of the entrepreneurial initiatives selected to represent Mozambique in the regional phase of the largest global green business ideas competition, Climate Launchpad, in 2020. Winning the African Final in the food category and placed among the first 32 projects out of 3,500 competitors worldwide.

DOA started a pilot project in Tofo Beach, Jangamo district, Inhambane province to produce fresh vegetables namely spinach, lettuce, cucumber, chives, tomatoes, among others, using aquaponics, a cultivation system that combines aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (plant cultivation), with the roots submerged in water. This project may give rise to another large-scale socio-economic project, valued at about USD 2 million, which foresees a business model that includes the participation of vulnerable women at no cost.

The project envisions using the proceeds from the enterprise’s execution to purchase equipment that would be made available to vulnerable women for free. “In addition to the equipment, they will benefit from inputs, know-how, and other aspects, so that they can produce, according to the project’s business plan, which will later collect the production to sell it centrally,” said Ana Vaz, co-founder of DOA.

The scope of the aquaponics project comprises three moments, specifically, the pilot project already in operation (phase – 1), the implementation of phase – 2, which involves an investment of two million dollars, in the city of Inhambane, and the implementation of phase – 3, which contemplates an additional investment of ten million dollars. Read More

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Project Specifications

Specifications Key Information
Sponsor
Docampo Organic Aquaponics
Sponsor Activity
Agrobusiness
Technical partner
Standard Bank
Technical Partner Activity
Banking
Project Status
Closed
Country
Mozambique
Province
Inhambane
Town
Tofo Beach
Budget
+$2 million
Key Numbers
N/A
Specifications Key Information
Program
Local goods & services
Beneficiary/Target
Local Company
Solution
 Training and Capacity Building
Key Words
Agribusiness, Local Goods
Impact
Local supplier competitivness
Sector Supported
Food supply
Sector Supported Specifications
Food processing
Source Picture
Key Date
2020
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