In late July, the +VALOR technical team — a three-year agricultural value chain development program supported by the Mozambique LNG Foundation — took part in a training session on institutional policies and the safeguarding Code of Conduct, followed by a visit to the communities covered by the program.
+VALOR: Code of Conduct and field visit to Chiúre communities
The training brought together field extension officers and the wider project technical team, with the objective of strengthening understanding and application of safeguarding policies in day-to-day field work. Content covered ethics, integrity, accountability, and the prevention of exploitation, abuse, and harassment, with particular attention to the protection of communities and vulnerable groups.
The Code of Conduct sets the standards required of everyone working directly with communities — extension officers, field assistants, and the wider technical team. In a program whose delivery rests on regular and sustained contact with farmers and their households, those standards define how that contact is conducted.
The field visit took the team to the communities of Singano, Namania, Marrupa, and Mocopote, where horticultural nurseries established following the July distribution of seeds and farming tools were observed. The team followed the progress of the planted crops and gathered farmers’ observations on the program directly.
These activities form part of the +VALOR accompaniment model, which combines regular technical support to farmer groups with conduct standards applying across the implementation team. Over its three years, the program aims to support approximately 5,000 smallholder farmers in the district.