Friday, September 7, 2012
Preparing for Trip to MZ (Mozambique)
It is Friday night 7 September and I am preparing to leave Saturday for Mozambique(MZ). MZ is in SE Africa, bordered on the east by the Indian Ocean and west of the Island of Madigaskar(sp). Purpose of trip is to prepare a feasability study for a Catholic University in the northern MZ town of Cuamba. They have a 300 A(740 ha) university farm that has been used for teaching and they want to explore and generate revenue and soybeans are now in the rotation. Formerly it was a monoculture of corn(maize). The study is to examine revenue options. Cash sales, manufacture to soyfood or a combination. My understanding is that diets are low in protein and soyfoods can be an aid to raising the dietary protein. Have not been to Africa before. Should get there around 7am Chicago time on Monday. Have a 15 hour layover in Frankfort and Lufthansa is on strike so should be interesting.
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Hi Jim! I am very proud of you for going on this big adventure. Take good care of yourself, stay safe, eat and drink carefully, and take lots of pictures! Love, Linda
ReplyDeleteHi, this is Jim and I inverted the hectare acre conversion. It should be 300 ha and 740 acres. Sorry. JT
ReplyDeleteIt is Saturday morning and Jim has been to coffee with Terry Hendrix and friends, and now is finishing packing. Trying to pack light is always difficult, but it's almost done. Hope this will be convenient to keep in touch with Jim.
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