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...
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,...
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...
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...
Agriculture in Angola grew by 5.6% in the 2021/2022 agricultural year, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry announced today, considering that the result reflects satisfactory levels of production growth, "albeit timid". António de Assis said that in the 2021/2022 agricultural year the sector recorded a growth in production of 5.6%, compared to the previous year, as shown by the...
The agreement to export cereals from the ports of southern Ukraine "is going as planned", and around 18 million tons of food have already been transported, despite the difficulties raised in constant meetings. "It's not an easy agreement, we're talking about two countries at war, countries that we have to...
The US foreign aid agency, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), will make 500 million dollars available for three projects in transportation and connectivity, climate change management and commercial agriculture in Mozambique. The information was released this Wednesday by the Deputy Executive Director of the MCC, Mahmoud Bah, after a meeting in Maputo with the Minister of Economy...
The President of Belarus said on Tuesday in Harare (Zimbabwe) that his country intends to invest in Mozambique's agricultural potential, according to the Belarusian state agency BELTA, quoted today by the Visão portal. Alexander Lukashenko said that "Mozambique is the largest country in the neighborhood with a coastline of a thousand kilometers and is an agricultural country, which...
The presidents of Mozambique and Kenya announced today that they want to prioritize value-added agricultural processing in the tea, sugar and coffee sectors. William Ruto and Filipe Nyusi met on Thursday in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, on the sidelines of the African Food Summit. The joint intention to focus on processing in some agricultural sectors was...
The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced today that it will allocate 10 billion dollars over the next five years to boost food production, through specific programs designed for each country. "The AfDB Group is committing 10 billion dollars over the next five years to boost efforts to...