More than 300,000 rice farmers in Sofala province are benefiting from a cutting and processing machine, which will help to reduce post-harvest losses, an official source said. The machine is an 'auto combinada', with the capacity to cut and process around three hectares of rice a day, according to...
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Japan promises to support Mozambique in the development of agribusiness and industry
The president of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Akihiko Tanaka, said Wednesday that he would continue to provide assistance aimed at boosting Mozambique's economy, with emphasis on the agribusiness and industrialization sectors. This was stated during a meeting that the president of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique (AR), Esperança Bias, held with Tanaka,...
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CIFAM: Ministry of Agriculture and partners launch platform for financing the agrarian sector
A multi-sectoral working group, which includes the Mozambican Banking Association (AMB), the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC), the Bank of Mozambique (BM), the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), the Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA), led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER) launched yesterday in Maputo the platform for Inter-sectoral Coordination of...
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WHO "attacks Mozambique" for growing tobacco while the population starves to death
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that Mozambique is one of the countries in the world that uses the most hectares of land to grow tobacco crops while its population goes hungry. Mozambique, with a cultivated area of 91,469 hectares, is third in the African region, after Zimbabwe (112,770...
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Prime Minister defends greater connection between agricultural production centers and markets
The Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, yesterday, during the ceremony where he took over from Momed Valá as director-general of the Mozambique Cereals Institute (ICM), Alfredo da Piedade Nampuio, defended the establishment of greater links between production centers and markets, by promoting the marketing of surplus agricultural production. For Adriano...
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WHO: Mozambique is the world's eighth largest tobacco producer
A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) released today revealed that Brazil has the third largest tobacco-growing area in the world and Mozambique the eighth. According to the WHO report, released on the pretext of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, with 357,230 hectares, Brazil leads the...
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AfDB warns that Africa's agricultural trade deficit worsens in 2022
The African Development Bank (AfDB) revealed today in a report that Africa's agricultural trade deficit will worsen in 2022, surpassing the 2015 level of 36 billion euros. The report also points out that the number of people suffering from hunger or malnutrition rose to 256 million last year. The document presented...
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Panama fungus threatens banana production and food security in Mozambique and throughout Africa
Banana production in Mozambique and the rest of Africa could be jeopardized by the spread of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum (TR4), which has caused significant losses in other producing countries. Cavendish banana (common banana) plantations in Mozambique, where the disease was first recorded on two commercial banana farms in 2013,...
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Gaza expects to produce over 221,000 tons of agricultural products
Gaza province, especially the district of Chókwè, expects to produce more than 221,000 tons of various products in this second season of the 2022-2023 agricultural campaign, in an area of more than 15,000 hectares. Quoted by Rádio Moçambique, the Chókwè district administrator, Eceu Muianga, highlights the maize and vegetable crops...
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ADB approves $11.7 million to supply fertilizer to farmers
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a budget grant of 11.7 million dollars for the African Fertilizer Finance Facility (AFFM) for its 2023 operations. The approval, on May 16, increases the fund allocated to the program to a total of 16.4 million dollars, with...