Displaced people in Cabo Delgado receive agricultural inputs to reduce food dependency

Three hundred displaced families, at least 1,500 people, in the Maningane resettlement camp received "kits" for food production and to get out of dependence on donations, as lack of financial resources begins to limit humanitarian aid in Cabo Delgado.

According to VOA, the formal delivery of the "kits" was made on Monday (July 4) by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

About 16,000 displaced people live in the Maningane resettlement camp in Chiúre district and are so far dependent on humanitarian aid.

Famine has rocked the center and the agricultural harvest of the last campaign failed due to a combination of drought and excessive rain.

Délcio Castigo, displaced in Maningane while enumerating the shortages faced by the displaced in that camp, said that help with agricultural inputs, goat cattle and poultry will reduce dependency, in the near future.

"Chickens and goats must be defended," from groups spreading rumors of terrorist attacks to steal, said António Supeia, Cabo Delgado's Secretary of State, stressing the need for vigilance.

For her part, Myrta Kaulard, UN resident coordinator in Mozambique, said that the organization will continue to help Mozambique in the face of the humanitarian crisis forced by insurgents linked to the Islamic State.

"This aid is one of our efforts so that life can return to normal, and become normalized" among the displaced, Kaulard said.

Meanwhile, Patrice Talla, the FAO representative in Mozambique, assured that the organization will continue to provide support in the agricultural area to guarantee food security among the displaced families in their new start away from their lands.

Meanwhile, Chiúre administrator Oliveira Amimo said that recently at least 21,000 people have fled the new wave of terrorist attacks to the Erati district of Nampula.

Amimo acknowledged that insecurity remains a threat to agricultural production as families are afraid to move around in the fields.

In all, the Chiúre district is home to 78,000 displaced people.

The insurgency erupted in 2017, displacing 870,000 people and killing at least 4,000, according to ACLED.

The insurgents' brutal tactics, including beheadings, mass kidnappings, and the burning of entire villages, continue to rock the region.

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