The district of Gorongosa, with a greater focus on the slopes of Serra, in Sofala, plans to double its coffee production, from the current 400,000 seedlings to 800,000 per campaign, thanks to the end of hostilities and the closure of the last military base of the former armed movement, Renamo, in Vunduzi.

According to the administrator of Gorongosa National Park (PNG), Pedro Muagura, who was speaking on the sidelines of the District Conference on Disseminating Potential for Climate Resilience and Attracting Investment for Environmental Conservation, held last week, previously production of this product was practically reduced to the administrative post of Canda, and there was still a desire to move forward, for example in the community of Satungira, but with the climate of insecurity, this was not feasible.

The last former guerrilla base in Vanduzi, closed on June 15, had 347 combatants.

"In terms of harvests, we were around five tons every six months. We can foresee an increase to 10 or 15 tons. We don't want to quantify it now, as you know there are soils that aren't very good, but we can't be below 15 tons of processed coffee," said the manager, quoted by the newspaper Domingo.

Asked about the market, Muagura said it wouldn't be a problem because the country has joined the world market.

"Mozambique wasn't on the list of those producing coffee, due to colonization, which didn't allow this product to be produced until 1975. But when we gained independence there was also a lack of liberation in our minds for this purpose, which postponed the idea until 2021," he said.