The Maragra sugar factory has resumed production of sugar cane after a year's halt. For the time being, the first productions will be processed at its sugar competitor in Xinavane. The Maragra sugar mill, in the Manhiça district of Maputo province, suspended its activities following the destruction of machinery due to the rains that caused...
Last Thursday (18) in Nampula, in the north of the country, the President of the Mozambican Chamber of Commerce called on the business sector and various partners to become more dynamic in promoting production and the micro, small and medium processing industry in order to meet the challenges of development. Speaking during the Business Forum, organized...
Around 90% of the seed circulating in the country is thought to be fake and of dubious provenance. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by the Association for the Promotion of the Seed Sector in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The document, quoted by Rádio Moçambique,...
Around 1,250 farmers have been assisted by Gorongosa National Park through the provision of 30 tons of seeds of various crops, such as maize, peanuts, sesame, beans and others. According to Profundus newspaper, PNG has also contributed to the Sustainable Livelihood Development Program (SLDP) to increase production...
The Zambezi Valley Development Agency is investing more than 53 million meticais in Manica province to mitigate the impact of agricultural crop losses associated with the El Niño weather phenomenon. Called the Immediate Intervention Plan for the second season of the 2023-2024 agricultural campaign, the initiative provides for the distribution of...
The government of Manica province, in the center of the country, is urging producers to be more cautious when selling surpluses during the agricultural marketing year, in order to avoid the occurrence of hunger pangs. The lack of rain in some districts of the province, associated with the El Nino phenomenon, has led to the loss of extensive...
The Minister of Industry and Trade, Silvino Moreno, acknowledged the importance and urgency of strengthening the capacity of the Credit Line for Agricultural Commercialization (LCCA), an instrument co-financed by the Cereals Institute of Mozambique (ICM) and Gapi. The instrument is available throughout the country through the fifteen branches of Gapi-Sociedade de Investimentos...
The Mozambican government, through the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC), will send four decree-laws regulating agricultural marketing in the country to the Council of Ministers this year. According to the Minister of Industry and Trade, Silvino Moreno, who was speaking last Friday (12) during the closing ceremony of the sixth National Forum on Agricultural Commercialization, these...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, today, Friday (12), in the town of Luelele, administrative post of Mandimba-Sede, Niassa province, presided over the Central Ceremony to launch the Agricultural Marketing Campaign-2024. The event, which will be replicated throughout the country, aims to encourage producers and those involved in agricultural marketing to start...
Cabo Delgado province plans to market more than 1.3 million tons of various agricultural products, including food and cash crops, whose campaign officially kicks off this Friday (12). This figure, according to the provincial director of Industry and Commerce in Cabo Delgado, represents an increase of 5% compared to the previous agricultural marketing year....