The district of Gorongosa, with a greater focus on the slopes of Serra, in Sofala, plans to double its coffee production, from the current 400,000 seedlings to 800,000 per campaign, thanks to the end of hostilities and the closure of the last military base of the former armed movement, Renamo, in Vunduzi. According to the administrator of the...
Category: Agriculture
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Nampula: Cashew sector has already produced 1.3 million seedlings this year
The cashew sector in Nampula province has already produced 1.3 million seedlings out of the 2.7 million planned by the Mozambique Almond Institute (IAM) for this year. Of this total, around one million cashew seedlings have already been delivered to the productive sector, both family and commercial, which according to the IAM,...
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Niassa: IIAM projects wheat production to start this year
Niassa province intends to start producing wheat from the 2023-24 agricultural season, according to the Secretary of State for that region in the north of the country, Lina Portugal. To this end, the Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), through the Northwest Zonal Center, based in Lichinga, is developing wheat varieties...
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Sofala: Rice producers already have cutting and processing machine
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...