Enhancing productivity on family farms to increase Monzambigue food security project
Classification:
international cooperation
Programme:
Programma di cooperazione Italia Mozambico
Call:
Agenzia Italiana per la cooperazione allo sviluppo - 2017
Main ERC field:
Life Sciences
Unict role:
Partner
Duration (months):
36
Start date:
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
End date:
Friday, July 31, 2020
Total cost:
€ 115.000,00
Unict cost:
€ 46.000,00
Coordinator:
Universidade Edoardo de Mondlane de Maputo (Mozambico)
Principal investigator in Unict:
Salvatore Cosentino
University department involved:
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Abstract
The project aims at tackling specific bottlenecks of annual species in the southern Mozambique Maputo area and to create a sustainable agricultural model which will improve crop productivity, soil fertility, increase water holding capacity and decrease soil loss by erosion.
