# Maputo Bridge Capital (MBC)
> Maputo Bridge Capital, founded by Anselmo Boaventura in Fort Worth, Texas, connects US sponsors with verified smallholder farmers in Mozambique. Sponsors fund a farmer's season from $25 (one-time or monthly). The money goes directly to the farmer's local seed and fertilizer shop, and the sponsor receives the receipt and field photos. After harvest, farmers repay into a Community Fund that sponsors the next farmer. 92% goes to the farmer's local seed and fertilizer shop. 8% covers field verification visits and receipt documentation. Sponsorships are gifts, not investments, and are not tax-deductible. MBC works with the COJAZ cooperative in Zambézia.
## Key pages
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/ebooks/nature-of-the-harvest : ebook "The Nature of the Harvest: Agriculture as the Engine of Wealth" by Anselmo Boaventura (October 2026, 48 pages, $19.99; $5 per copy buys seed for a Mozambican farmer). Ten great agrarian books (Tosam and Masitera, Juma, Fukuoka, F. H. King, Columella, Tawney, Steiner, Wendell Berry, Pollan, Fortier); agriculture as the engine of growth (Lewis, Johnston and Mellor, World Bank WDR 2008); Mozambique 2025-2027 (Local Content Law 9/2026, Development Bank of Mozambique, $75m certified seed fund); land, seed, water, risk, innovation; and who funds Mozambican agriculture (World Bank/IFAD AgriConnect, AfDB RIVACREP, FAO, Germany, Italy AICS, Netherlands, Gates, AGRA; USAID closure 2025). Free chapters on the page.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/ebooks/nature-of-belonging : ebook "The Nature of Belonging: Citizenship, Nationalism and the Wealth of Nations in Europe, Asia and Africa, and Mozambique's Road" by Anselmo Boaventura (October 2026, 72 pages, $19.99). Thesis: wealth follows trust and belonging is the machine that makes trust. Covers Antonio Serra, Adam Smith, Friedrich List, Kautilya's Arthashastra, Lord Shang and fuqiang, Confucius and Laozi, dharma and artha, Ibn Khaldun's asabiyyah, Ubuntu, Frantz Fanon, Eduardo Mondlane and Samora Machel; the Mutapa-Sofala-Indian Ocean gold trade; the Portuguese indigenato, chibalo forced labour and forced cotton; the 1977-1992 war and the informal economy; and a six-step path to "Ubuntu citizenship" for Mozambique. Free chapters on Ubuntu, Ibn Khaldun and Samora Machel on the page.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/ebooks/nature-of-wealth : ebook "The Nature of Wealth" by Anselmo Boaventura (2026). How Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China and Vietnam climbed from poverty to wealth; Asian and Western economists, marketing scholars, innovators, Asian spiritual schools and African philosophers; a four-stage plan for Mozambique from poor to wealthy through agriculture and markets.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/ebooks/nature-of-a-seed : ebook "The Nature of a Seed" by Anselmo Boaventura (2026). Picture guide to choosing, testing (water test, cloth/rag-doll germination test), drying (salt jar test), storing and planting seed in Mozambique; crop cards for eleven crops; community seed banks; lessons from Asia. Free chapters on the page.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/pt/ebooks/natureza-da-semente : edição portuguesa, "A Natureza da Semente" (capítulos grátis)
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/ebooks/nature-of-mozambican-agricultural-land : ebook "The Nature of Mozambican Agricultural Land" by Anselmo Boaventura (2026). Land rights (DUAT under the 1997 Land Law), fit-for-purpose mapping, community delimitation, disputes, soil tests, catchments, erosion control with the A-frame, recovery after disasters, regeneration with trees and compost. Free chapters on the page.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/pt/ebooks/natureza-da-terra-agricola : edição portuguesa, "A Natureza da Terra Agrícola Moçambicana" (capítulos grátis sobre o DUAT e o solo)
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/ebooks/nature-of-poverty : ebook "The Nature of Poverty" by Anselmo Boaventura (2026). Asks whether poverty is a human characteristic or a condition; reviews ten economists, sociology, psychology, history, philosophy, Buddhism, India, China, Africa and Mozambique. Answer: poverty is mainly a condition created by nature, history and institutions, which shapes behaviour, and can be changed.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/pt/ebooks/natureza-da-pobreza : edição portuguesa, "A Natureza da Pobreza"
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/sponsor-a-farmer-mozambique : how sponsoring works, farmers, FAQ
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/receipt-season : current campaign, 30 farmers before the November rains
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/founder : founder story
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/agricultores : Portuguese farming guides for farmers
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/resources : guide "Farming for Profit in Mozambique (2026)"


## Picture lessons for farmers
- [Aprender: adubo, terra e água](https://maputobridgecapital.com/aprender): illustrated, audio-enabled lessons in Portuguese on compost, bokashi, liquid manure (jeevamrutha), planting pits, mulch, bucket drip and clay-pot irrigation, A-frame contour lines and manure safety.
- [Learn farming (English)](https://maputobridgecapital.com/learn-farming)

## Sponsor a farmer (for people who want to help)
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/sponsor-a-farmer-in-africa : sponsor one named smallholder farmer in Mozambique from $25; paid to the local seed shop; receipt and harvest update
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/sponsor-where-you-served : for returned Peace Corps volunteers, missionaries and anyone who lived in Mozambique: choose a farmer in the province where you served
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/gifts-that-give-back : give a farmer's season as a gift in someone's name; printable gift card with the farmer's name
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/support-smallholder-farmers : how to support smallholder farmers directly, with receipts
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/crowdfunding-for-farmers : crowdfund a farmer's season (gift, not a loan); groups split the $150 season
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/partners : companies, churches and foundations sponsor farmer blocks (5, 25 or 100 farmers) with a dashboard and field reports
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/food-security-csr-mozambique : traceable food security CSR/ESG project in Mozambique
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/transparency : live public dashboard of farmers, hectares, crops and every sponsorship from payment to harvest

## Ways to give (donor pages)
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/charity-gift-catalog : A charity gift catalog for Christmas 2026: give seed ($25), seed and fertilizer ($50) or a full season ($150) to a named farmer in Mozambique, in someone’s name, with a printable card and the receipt.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/donate-in-memory : A memorial donation that keeps growing: sponsor a farmer in Mozambique in memory of a loved one from $25. The family receives a card with your message and the farmer’s story.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/where-does-my-donation-go : Want a charity that actually helps and shows where the money went? Sponsor a named farmer in Mozambique: 92% is paid to their local seed shop and you get the receipt.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/end-hunger-in-africa : The lasting way to fight hunger in Africa is to help families grow their own food. Fund a farmer’s seed and fertilizer in Mozambique from $25 and see the receipt.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/sponsor-a-family-in-africa : Sponsor a family in Africa without a monthly commitment: fund a Mozambican farming family’s seed and fertilizer for the season from $25, and follow their harvest with receipts.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/church-mission-project-africa : A church mission project your congregation can see: sponsor 5, 25 or 100 farming families in Mozambique, paid to local seed shops, with receipts, photos and a harvest report.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/giving-tuesday : Giving Tuesday 2026 is December 1. Give $25 for seed or $150 for a full season to a named farmer in Mozambique, planted with this season’s rains, with the receipt.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/donate-to-mozambique : Want to donate to Mozambique and know it arrives? Fund a named Mozambican farmer’s seed and fertilizer from $25, paid to their local seed shop, with receipts and photos.
- https://maputobridgecapital.com/sponsorship : Corporate sponsorship packages for agri-businesses, brands and foundations: Season Partner farmer blocks (from $750), Giving Tuesday and Christmas gift match, Smallholder Season Report sponsor, Portuguese Farmer Guide Series, Free Book Edition, monthly letter, in-kind seed/tools/software, agro-dealer partner network and diaspora perks. Every sponsored dollar reported with receipts.