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Collecting herbaceous legum germplasm in southern Mozambique has its exciting moments, such as the encounter with this puff adder sunning itself in the early morning sun. |
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From 1988 until he joined the TAES faculty in 1997, Dr. Jim Muir conducted research in Mozambique. His studies included range ecology and brush encroachment, tropical and sub-tropical forages, multiple purpose leguminous forage trees, and small ruminant nutrition.
Most early research was carried out at the Instituto de Produção Animal (contracts funded by USAID & DANIDA) but later cooperation (funded by the USDA) has been based at Eduardo Mondlane University with Dr. Inacio Calvino Maposse. Some of the research is published in Portuguese, since that is the official language in Mozambique (and other ex-Portuguese colonies such as Angola). Contact Jim directly for a rough translation of these publications into English. Jim also worked for Heifer Project International (in conjunction with Winrock International) during 1997 in Zambezia Province, focusing on small ruminant restocking in refugee villages. You can read a review of forage and range research in Mozambique in the following article:
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 The chance to raise goats again created much excitement, especially among war widows and orphans. |
 Asiatic water buffaloes are being studied in Southern Mozambique. |
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