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...
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Celso Correia delivers supplies to producers affected by Cyclone Freddy in Inhambane
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...
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Minister of Agriculture delivers agricultural inputs to households in Maputo province
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...
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Numbers of food insecure people in Mozambique continue to be "talked about" and do not meet with consensus
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...
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"Agriculture led economic growth in 2022," - World Bank
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...
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Celso Correia announces commitments of 125 ME in funding
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...
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"Lack of investment in agriculture to cope with floods aggravates food insecurity in the country"
Mozambican activists told Lusa on Friday that the lack of investment in the agricultural sector to cope with floods such as this year's is exacerbating the vulnerability of families, aggravating food insecurity and poverty in the country. "It's inevitable [that there will be famines], because people no longer have their fields, they can no longer move around due to...
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Celso Correia announces commitments of 131 million dollars in agricultural funding
The Minister of Agriculture, Celso Correia, yesterday described his visit to Italy as positive, saying that funding commitments of 131 million dollars 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," said Celso Correia, quoted by Lusa,...
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Floods leave thousands of families on the brink of starvation in Maputo
Around 30,000 families could face starvation in the coming days in Maputo province, as a result of the loss of 77,000 hectares of various crops, which are currently submerged as a result of flooding. The warning was given by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries in Maputo Province, citing that "29,000...
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"Cost of production dictates poor cashew competitiveness" argues Salvador Namburete
The high cost of production, aggravated by the low quality and limited availability of cashew nuts in shell, is the root cause of the sector's poor competitiveness on the international market, which discourages investment in this area. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by Salvador Namburete, Mozambique's former energy minister (2005/2015), in his...