Africa and Brazil: Controversy surrounds Brazil’s most ambitious agricultural project to date in Mozambique

Sérgio Chichava of Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE) in Mozambique explores whether Brazil’s investment in Mozambique’s agricultural sector is motivated by self-interest or genuine solidarity

África e Brasil: Controvérsia em torno do projeto mais ambicioso do Brasil até hoje em Moçambique

Sérgio Chichava do Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE) em Moçambique, examina se o investimento brasileiro no sector agrícola de Moçambique é motivado por interesse próprio ou genuína solidariedade

Journeys to health : middle-class Mozambican women assess healthcare service delivery in Mozambique and South Africa

My thesis explores how Mozambican middle-class women perceive official local healthcare services in both their public and private dimensions, within their country, and why they sometimes travel abroad to South Africa in search of healthcare across a range of gynaecological services, ranging from basic procedures to more complex requirements. I trace the stories of fifteen women to convey their experiences and opinions of the Mozambican health system. I show the women negotiating their way through barriers and limitations within this system, in ways that point out its inadequacies and inefficiency. I investigate how searching for 'quality' healthcare, often abroad, is intertwined with middle-class women's crafting of identities that aspire to a certain demonstration of 'modernity' in which social status is claimed

A Cooperação Sul-Sul do Brasil e da China no setor agrícola - Uma análise comparada em Moçambique: CITTAU e ProALIMENTOS

This article compares Brazilian and Chinese South-South cooperation in the agriculture sector by analyzing two ongoing projects in Boane, Mozambique. This paper identifies to what extent a different formulation process and other features, such as language and culture, may reflect on the projects´ implementation and sustainability.  Esse artigo compara a cooperação Sul-Sul brasileira e chinesa no setor agrícola por uma análise de dois projetos no distrito de Boane, em Moçambique. O trabalho identifica como as diferenças no processo de formulação e outros fatores, como idioma e cultura, refletem na implementação e na sustentabilidade dos projetos. &nbsp

Seguidor lumínico con dos grados de libertad

Un seguidor lumínico es un dispositivo mecánico capaz seguir un haz de luz Existe una gran variedad de seguidores de luz en el mercado. La clasificación de éstos se puede hacer atendiendo a varios factores tales como el tipo de plataforma, el número de ejes o el tipo de unidad de control.El objetivo de este proyecto, es construir y programar un seguidor lumínico con dos grados de libertad, que sea capaz seguir un haz de luz.Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y AutomáticaIngeniero Técnico Industrial, Especialidad en Electrónica Industria

Prioritising PPCR Investments in Mozambique: The Politics of ‘Country Ownership’ and ‘Stakeholder Participation’

Mozambique is both one of the poorest countries and one with the highest level of vulnerability to multiple potential consequences of climate change, including drought, flood, sea level rise and increased frequency and severity of tropical cyclones – making it a natural candidate for inclusion in the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR), which aims to help poorer countries to integrate climate change response into their national development processes. This article examines the process of prioritising investments under the PPCR in Mozambique, and asks to what extent this process has demonstrated the ‘country ownership’ and ‘broad participation’ which the PPCR claims to promote. It particularly focuses on the coastal cities component of the programme, and the question of whether the opposition?controlled port city of Beira should receive priority in PPCR investments

Brazil and China in Mozambican Agriculture: Emerging Insights from the Field

Mozambique, a country undergoing rapid transformations driven by the recent discovery of mineral resources, is one of the top destinations for Chinese and Brazilian cooperation and investment in Africa. This article provides an account of the policies, narratives, operational modalities and underlying motivations of Brazilian and Chinese development cooperation in Mozambique. It is particularly interested in understanding how the engagements are perceived and talked about, what drives them and what formal and informal relations are emerging at the level of particular exchanges. The article draws on three cases (1) ProSavana, Brazil's current flagship programme in Mozambique, which aims to transform the country's savanna, spreading along the Nacala corridor, drawing on Brazil's own experience in the Cerrado ; (2) the Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre (ATDC); and (3) a private Chinese rice investment project in the Xai?Xai irrigation scheme, which builds on a technical cooperation initiative. Commonalities and differences between the Brazilian and Chinese approaches are discussed

Desafios para Moçambique, 2022

Este número do Desafios para Moçambique acontece quando o País enfrenta enormes desafios - a guerra em Cabo Delgado, com alguns sinais de expansão para outras províncias; os projectos de extracção e liquefação do gás da bacia do Rovuma, que concretizam alguns 24 Desafios para Moçambique 2022 Introdução dos maiores desafios da história económica de Moçambique; os efeitos prolongados da crise global, da explosão e implosão da bolha económica, de que a crise da dívida soberana foi uma manifestação, e as sequelas sociais e económicas da pandemia da covid-19. Estes desafios e crises estimularam pesquisa e resultaram em lições, algumas das quais são desenvolvidas nesta edição. Recentemente terminou, em Maputo, o julgamento de alguns dos agentes do Estado e agentes privados envolvidos nas transacções financeiras internacionais ilícitas que resultaram nas dívidas odiosas. O que já era claro antes - que estas transacções ilícitas são o reflexo de dinâmicas mais gerais de expropriação, privatização e financeirização do Estado para acumulação privada de capital, mesmo que tal seja feito com pesados custos sociais - mais claro, se era possível, ficou. A hipótese de que o processo legal, que tivemos a oportunidade de acompanhar durante cerca de um ano e meio, apenas tocava nos receptores de comissões de corrupção e de tráfico de influências, executores do grande calote contra o erário público, foi confirmada.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

High occurrence of disabilities caused by leprosy: census from a hyperendemic area in Brazil's savannah region

Objectives: To describe leprosy-related disabilities, we performed a census including people affected by leprosy in 78 municipalities of Tocantins state in northern Brazil. The study consisted of a review of patient charts, structured questionnaires, and clinical examinations for disabilities of eyes, hands, and feet (August – December 2009), according to WHO standards. Results: A total of 910 individuals diagnosed from 2006 to 2008 were included (clinical examination and application of questionnaires), but information from patient charts was not available in all cases, resulting in different denominators. The majority (783/858; 91·3%) had completed multidrug therapy. The most common clinical findings included: enlarged/painful peripheral nerves (412/910, 45·3%), namely of ulnar (207; 22·7%), posterior tibial (196; 21·6%), peroneal (186; 20·5%), and radial cutaneous nerves (166; 18·2%); reduction/loss of sensibility 201/907 (22·2%) and reduced motor function (185/906, 20·4%). At diagnosis, 142/629 (22·6%) had Grade 1 disability (G1D), and 28/629 (4·5%) had Grade 2 disability (G2D). At the time of the study, 178/910 (19·6%) presented with G1D, and 84/910 (9·2%) with G2D. Disability grading was significantly higher in males ( P , 0·01). Subjects with G2D showed claw hands (26; 2·9%), followed by plantar ulcers (23; 2·5%), abrasion/excoriation on the foot (12; 1·3%), claw foot (7; 0·7%), and drop foot (7; 0·7%). Conclusions: Leprosy- related disabilities were common in a highly endemic area. Prevention and rehabilitation measures, especially after release from treatment, should be intensified by the primary health care system. Policy makers need to be aware of an ongoing demand for leprosy control programmes, even in a world of constantly reducing leprosy detection