Sofala province, one of the country's main cotton producers, has seen a sharp drop in production of this commodity, ending the 2023/24 season with one of the worst yields in recent history. According to data released last week during a session of the State Representation Council at the level of this...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, will today, Friday (08), at the Xinavane Administrative Post, Manhiça district, Maputo province, launch the 2024-25 agricultural campaign. The event aims to promote the role of the agrarian sector in the country's socio-economic development and will also serve to evaluate the performance of the previous campaign. On the occasion, according to a...
The national veterinary authorities have just recommended restricting the movement of cattle in the Massingir district in order to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. The measure follows the discovery of an outbreak of this lethal disease in the Administrative Post of Zulo, where the authorities have already taken samples to...
Next week, the government will organize a special session to announce the results of the SUSTENTA project, the main program that was being developed to boost the agricultural sector. Initially launched in 2017 with the aim of integrating small farmers into agricultural production value chains, SUSTENTA was the government's flagship...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER) recommends delaying the start of sowing for the first agricultural season of the 2024-25 period in the north of the country to avoid the risk of low productivity due to the lack of rain in the forecast. In a publication in Revista Terra, the representative of the National Directorate for Family Farming, Hiten...
The province of Gaza, in southern Mozambique, produced around 25,000 tons of rice in the first half of this year across the entire area covered by irrigation systems. The figures were released on Wednesday (28) by Iválio Mahumane, spokesman for the Directorate of Productivity and Trade of Gaza province, at FACIM, who stressed...
Hollard-Agri, an innovative micro-insurance initiative by Hollard Mozambique, has created a significant impact on the lives of 16,000 small farmers affected by drought in the provinces of Manica, Sofala and Tete, respectively. Launched around a year ago, this micro-insurance is providing essential cover to small farmers on the basis of...
One hundred thousand dollars is the amount that the agricultural association of Gaza province will receive from the Trade and Development Bank of East and South Africa (TDB) for the agricultural sector in this region. "This project is aimed at the main challenges faced by this community in the face of climate change. By providing water pumps that...
The provincial government of Tete, in central Mozambique, has just ordered a ban on the movement of cattle from the districts of Chifunde, Marávia and Zumbo to the rest of the province, due to an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in neighboring Zambia. According to sources quoted by Rádio Moçambique, the action is aimed at safeguarding...
Sugar production in Mozambique could reach 210,000 tons in the 2024-25 campaign, a slightly upward trend compared to the previous season, when indicators were set at around 200,000 tons. According to the executive director of the Association of Sugar Producers of Mozambique (APAMO), Orlando da Conceição, despite this development, the...