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On October 15, 2025, Norges Vel officially opened its new office in Nampula, marking a milestone in its commitment to being closer to partners, communities, and the heart of agricultural development in northern Mozambique.
Since the election in Mozambique in October 2024, the country has been marked by violence and instability. Despite this, our dedicated partners and employees have found solutions that enable us to continue our work in ensuring food security in the region.
Since its inception in 2019, the CEPAQ-Project is nearing the end of its current phase, which is scheduled to conclude in December 2024. The End-of-Term Review (ETR) marks a significant milestone in the project's timeline. As the Grant Agreement outlines, the ETR report focuses on the results achieved thus far and provides critical recommendations for future actions.
We are happy to precent the report here which includes highly relevant observations and findings as well constructive inputs and recommendations not only for our project partner Papa Pesca ltd, but also for Norges Vel and our project donor The Ministry of foreign affairs, through the Norwegian embassy to Mozambique.
The Norwegian organisation The Royal Norwegian Society for Development (Norges Vel) will by this inform that contract for the external end-term review of the project «Scaling Up Profitable Aquaculture, Mozambique” running from December 2019 – June 2024 has been signed with the selected consultancy firm Imani Development (International) Ltd.
The Norwegian organisation The Royal Norwegian Society for Development (Norges Vel) will by this inform that contract for the external end-term review of the project «Scaling Up Profitable Aquaculture, Mozambique” running from December 2019 – June 2024 has been signed with the selected consultancy firm Imani Development (International) Ltd.
The Aquaculture Research Centre (CEPAQ) has focused on research and applied research for sustainable and profitable aquaculture through transferring production technologies to different participants in the tilapia production chain.
“There is a saying among the Macua people inNorthern Mozambique , that ‘’a single hand is never strong’’, hence the need to join them together to have more strength. Farmers, when joining cooperatives, find, says Natalino Barnete, Programme Manager in AMPCM”.
The National Institute of Fisheries Research in co-operation with Norges Vel, continues the project of building a platform for aquaculture development in Mozambique at the Mozambican Aquaculture Research Centre, CEPAQ, (CEPAQ-Project).
The Centre for Aquaculture Research (CEPAQ) in Mozambique started to deliver again fingerlings on the 5th of March after lockdown since November 2019. – It has been a very challenging period, and this is a milestone for all stakeholders involved, said Jose Ramos from Norges Vel.
In 2019, with support from Norad (The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation), the Royal Norwegian Society for Development began a project to produce a preventative product called AflaSafe in Mozambique.