Mozambique

The Carter Center's work in Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony, has included a successful food security program, election observation, and assistance with a national consensus-building initiative.

Waging Peace

In 1998, the government of Mozambique asked that the Carter Center's Global Development Initiative (1993-2006)  support a national consensus-building initiative known as the Agenda 2025 National Vision and National Development Strategy Process. This process would bring together Mozambicans from across the social and political spectrum to develop a shared, long-term vision and strategy for the future development of their country. The Agenda 2025 process was designed to assist Mozambique to identify policy options to inform the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy, a short-term action plan required for foreign loans and grant aid from the international donor community.

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Fighting Disease

The Carter Center began working with Mozambique's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1995 to increase food security. Led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Norman Borlaug until his death in 2009, the Sasakawa-Global 2000 Program was a joint venture between The Carter Center and the Sasakawa Africa Association and has helped more than 8 million small-scale sub-Saharan African farmers improve agricultural production.

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