Mozambique’s efforts to become a coffee powerhouse are thanks in part to the Gorongosa Coffee Project. Gorongosa coffee is exported mainly within Africa, with South Africa its biggest market. Gorongosa MediaJuliasse Sabao, supervisor of the Gorongosa Coffee Project, says that before coffee came to the national park, many people there were subsistence farmers growing just enough maize, beans, and peas to feed their family, with little surplus to sell. Vasco Galante, the national park’s director of communications, believes the revival of Gorongosa National Park is one of Africa’s greatest wildlife restoration success stories. Wana Chipoya, a Zambian agronomist working with coffee, recently visited the national park and was very impressed.

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Persons: Juliasse Sabao, ” Sabao, Sabao, Sofia Molina, Molina, ”, ’, they’ll, “, Vasco Galante, Wana, “ I’ve Organizations: CNN, International Coffee Organization, Gorongosa Locations: Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, –, South Africa, ”, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambian