The African Development Bank (AfDB) will disburse 33 million dollars for actions to promote food security and climate resilience in Mozambique.

The information was revealed by the institution's representative in Mozambique, Cesar Augusto Mba Abogo, who pointed out that the first objective of this funding is to address food security issues in the country by increasing agricultural productivity and reducing post-harvest losses, and the second is to improve livelihoods by creating jobs and increasing income in the agricultural sector.

"To achieve these objectives, the funding is intended for projects to improve nutrition, encourage the private sector to increase its involvement in the agricultural sector, and promote the value chain in the production of poultry, corn and soybeans," said Cesar Augusto Mba Abogo.

Quoted by the newspaper Económico, the ADB representative also pointed out that the investment is also aimed at creating jobs in agriculture.

According to the source, the project also includes the installation of meteorological radars in the cities of Nacala and Xai-Xai, in the north and south respectively, with a view to installing early warning systems to prevent and mitigate the impact of climate change.

"These devices are in addition to a radar already installed in the city of Beira, in the center of the country, as part of a project outlined by the Mozambican government to place seven radars in various parts of the country," he continued, stressing that climate change is "one of the obstacles to agricultural productivity in Mozambique and this project is structured in such a way as to strengthen the country's climate resilience."