[African Coffee producer] Mozambican rebels sign a peace agreement and lay down their weapons to grow coffee

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When it comes to coffee in Africa, the country that many people think of is Kenya, but Mozambique, located in the southeast of Africa, also has the opportunity to become a major coffee producer in Africa. Recently, a well-known international coffee brand, stationed in Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique, not only expanded the planting of coffee trees, but also helped to restore the local rainforest. The country signed a peace agreement in early August, leaving many people to lay down their arms and grow coffee instead.

Belkunha sorts the coffee beans, dries them, and picks out broken or deformed beans. As a mother of seven, she started growing coffee four years ago in order to make her life better. Coffee farmer Belkunha said: "I like to grow coffee because it can increase my income. I can use this income to buy soap and cooking oil for my family, and buy textbooks and other daily necessities for children. Coffee brings hope to my family." "

In Mozambique, about 400 local coffee farmers like Belkunha are planting and restoring the rapidly disappearing rainforest. In early August, the Mozambican government and the rebel Mozambican National Resistance Movement reached a peace agreement, ending six years of military hostility, while the rebel headquarters was near the coffee producing area of Mount Gorongosa, at a height of 1862 meters on the central plain, mostly tropical hardwood forests.

Matthew Jordan, deputy director of the Agricultural livelihood Program in Gorongosa National Park, said: "We have planted 300000 coffee trees this year, and we will grow another 20 to 300000 coffee saplings every year in order to create maximum impact for this community and really solve the pressing rainforest problems. "

More than 800 rebels are stationed in three barracks in Mount Gorongosa, which also restricts the development of coffee and other agricultures. after the signing of the peace agreement, more and more people laid down their arms and switched to growing coffee, when the economic benefits of coffee increased greatly. and you can look forward to longer-term social prosperity. Mozambique is not recognized as a major coffee producer like Ethiopia and Kenya, but with the unique climate of Mount Gorongosa and the increasingly vigorous development of coffee, Mozambique has a good chance to occupy a place among the major African producers and has a bright future.

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