Libyan businessmen will explore around 20,000 hectares for rice production in the Chókwè and Xai-Xai irrigation areas in the Limpopo basin in Gaza, starting this agricultural season. The news, reported by Radio Mozambique, indicates that Libyan investors have presented a project on production and...
The Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, Roberto Albino, announced last Thursday (19) that the government will mobilize partners to support the expansion of the production area at the Lower Limpopo Irrigation Scheme, in Chókwè, from the current 3,000 hectares to 10,000 hectares in the 2025/26 Agricultural Campaign. Speaking during a working visit to the province...
On Tuesday (12), the government, through the Council of Ministers, approved the decree abolishing the Empresa Regadio do Baixo Limpopo, Empresa Pública (RBL, EP), and transferring all responsibility for managing the irrigated lands to the Instituto Nacional de Irrigação (INIR, I.P). According to government spokesman Inocêncio Impissa, "the measure aims to align...
This morning, the President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, handed over the 7 de Abril irrigation system to producers in the Guijá district, as part of his working visit to Gaza province. This is a rehabilitated system with capacity for 138 hectares operated by 256 producers, according to "Notícias". With the infrastructure rehabilitated, there will be conditions...
The Baixo Limpo Irrigation Company, in Gaza, expects to harvest around 48,000 tons of rice in the current harvesting season, in the Chókwe and Baixo Limpopo irrigated areas. According to information provided by RM so far, rice has been harvested in an area of more than 200 hectares, out of around...