Country Context
Mozambique is already experiencing the effects of climate change with increasing frequency and severity of droughts and floods. Agriculture is the main livelihood in the country and over 95% of the food crops are grown under rain fed conditions making food production and food security particularly vulnerable to changes in the climate. In the Northern Province of Cabo Delgado, the season from October to January is known locally as the ‘period of hunger’ and 22.5% of children under 5 in the area are malnourished.

Project Aim and Summary
Renewable World will work with project partner the Clean Energy Initiative, to install a hybrid wind and solar power irrigation system to allow to the Mipandi Farmers Association to maximise agricultural yields during the main growing season and by growing cash crops out of season, therefore increasing income, food security and nutrition in the region. 

Project Implementation
Installation of a 1kW wind turbine and 200w solar array to enable the pumping of 5,500 litres of water per day per 1000m² area of land in an area traditionally dependant on rain- fed agriculture.
The 22 farmers in the Mipandi Farmers Association will be trained in basic maintenance of the system and will pay a rental tariff for its usage to cover additional maintenance costs.
The excess energy produced by the system will also power a cold store freezer enabling food preservation.
Farmers will be trained in best-practice agricultural approaches such as soil conservation and agro forestry techniques.

Project Impacts
The water pumped by the system will be used by the Mipandi Farmers Associations for water efficient drip irrigation, where evaporation and run off are minimised.
The system will allow farmers to not only maximise production but also to extend the growing season beyond the December to April rainy season, which will result in increased food security, improved nutritional health and diversification of diet of the local community. 
The project will enable the Mipande farmers to adapt to the impacts of climate change such as poor or delayed rains by switching from a dependence on rain fed irrigation, which is highly vulnerable to changes in rainfall, to having a constant source of water for drip irrigation. 
Because farmers will spend less labour time manually irrigating fields, they will be able to irrigate 5 times greater surface area, and increase increasing food production.
Food preservation by freezing will lead to increased food security throughout the dry period from October to January.
Opportunities for increasing Farmers will be able to generate higher income generation through growing higher value crops such as beans, tomatoes and onions.