The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, today announced the availability of a 75 million meticais funding line to support producers affected by Cyclone Freddy in the country. The amount, to be disbursed by the National Investment Bank, BNI, will be used to leverage the production chain in the provinces of Zambézia, Tete, Manica,...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, will today, Wednesday, in Chiúta, Tete province, lead the launch ceremony for the 2023 Agricultural Marketing Campaign. According to a press release from the presidency, the head of state will also be opening the 5th National Agricultural Marketing Forum, which is being held under the slogan "Agricultural Marketing...
The heavy rain that fell in Inhambane province in February is affecting the marketing of cashew nuts in the Funhalouro district, due to the deplorable state of some access roads. Of the 3,250 tons planned for the current campaign, the district has so far sold more than 1,000...
The government intends to attract investment from Spanish entrepreneurs in the areas of tourism, agro-industry and manufacturing, as part of the National Programme to Industrialize Mozambique (PRONAI). To this end, a delegation represented by the Mozambican Embassy in Madrid and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC) took part in the Africa-Spain Opportunities and Collaboration Forum,...
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...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Celso Correia today delivered production inputs, through the SUSTENTA - Emergency program, to producers affected by climatic phenomena in the province of Inhambane. The initiative is part of the Monitoring of the 2022/2023 Agricultural Campaign and the delivery of emergency kits to producer families affected by the cyclone...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Celso Correia, is today handing over 45,000 agricultural production input kits and mechanization equipment to households in Maputo province, Boane district. A statement released to MZNews says that the activity is taking place as part of SUSTENTA-Emergência and will include...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development says that more than 16 million Mozambicans have their food security guaranteed, but there is no consensus on this figure because there is still a significant percentage of the population that is extremely vulnerable to chronic and acute food insecurity. Celso Correia, speaking at the presentation of the results of the...
The World Bank has revealed that the Mozambican economy accelerated by 4.1% in 2022, led by the agriculture and services sectors which contributed 60% of the total growth recorded, as a result of improved productivity and the supply of services. According to AIM, investments in inputs since 2019, such as improved seeds, irrigation, etc., are the main causes...
The Mozambican Minister of Agriculture, Celso Correia, described his visit to Italy as positive, saying that funding commitments of 131 million dollars (almost 125 million euros) had been "secured". "The visits went well and met our expectations, in other words, we confirmed the alignment with all the cooperation partners we met," he said...