Ricanau Mofo
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|leader_name = Meizak Banwarie{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/50944 |title=Ricanau Mofo blij met toezegging president Bouterse |website=Star Nieuws|access-date=26 February 2021|language=nl}}
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Ricanau Mofo, also Ricanaumofo,{{cite news|url=https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2019/07/29/ricanaumofo-beschikt-binnenkort-over-schoon-drinkwater/ |title=Ricanaumofo beschikt binnenkort over schoon drinkwater|website=Waterkant|access-date=26 February 2021|language=nl}} is a village of Ndyuka Maroons in the Moengo resort of the Marowijne District of Suriname.{{cite web|last1=Plan Bureau| url=https://www.planningofficesuriname.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/STRUCTUUR-ANALYSE-IV.pdf|title=Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013|website=Planning Office Suriname|year=2014|language=nl|page=114}} The village can be accessed from the East-West Link via Moengo.{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/53059 |title=Weg naar Ricanau Mofo wordt geasfalteerd|website=Star Nieuws|access-date=26 February 2021|language=nl}} Ricanau Mofo is located on the Cottica River.{{cite news|url=https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2020/04/29/video-vrachtschip-verliest-controle-en-ligt-dwars-op-rivier-in-suriname/ |title=VIDEO: Vrachtschip verliest controle en ligt dwars op rivier in Suriname|website=Waterkant|access-date=26 February 2021|language=nl}}
Overview
Ricanau Mofo has a school and a health clinic. The village is connected to the electricity grid, and in July 2019, construction started on supplying the village with clean drinking water.
The economy of the village is based on agriculture with an emphasis on producing ginger, arrowleaf elephant ear (tayer), and bananas.{{cite news|url=https://unitednews.sr/productie-aardvruchten-ricanau-mofo-moet-omhoog/ |title=PRODUCTIE AARDVRUCHTEN RICANAU MOFO MOET OMHOOG|website=United News|access-date=26 February 2021|language=nl}} Tayer is the basis of the popular Suriname dish pom.{{cite news|url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/een-koosjere-knol~b8b98ea0/ |title=Een koosjere knol|website=Trouw|access-date=26 February 2021|language=nl}} In 2019, a Farmers Field School was opened in the village.{{cite news|url=https://www.gfcnieuws.com/ricanau-mofo-krijgt-farmers-field-school/ |title=Ricanau Mofo krijgt Farmers Field School|website=GFC Nieuws|access-date=26 February 2021|language=nl}}
References
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{{Surinamese District Marowijne}}
Category:Populated places in Marowijne District
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