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...
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OCHA: Cereal Export Agreement Goes as Planned
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...
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Millennium Challenge will fund transport, climate change and agricultural projects in Mozambique
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...
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Belarusian President wants to invest in Mozambique's agricultural potential
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...
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Mozambique and Kenya want to invest in agricultural processing
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...
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ADB mobilizes $10 billion for food production in Africa
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...
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Ukraine: First Russian fertilizers for Africa after sanctions arrive in Mozambique
The first batch of 20,000 tons of Russian fertilizer destined for Africa, negotiated with the UN after the sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine, is being unloaded at the port of Beira, Mozambique. "We are in the process of unloading the ship MV Greenwich" with 20,400 tons of fertilizer that "is destined for...
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Flooding affects about 30 hectares of agricultural fields in Gaza
Around 30 hectares of agricultural fields with maize are flooded in the district of Chibuto, in Gaza province, due to flooding in the Limpopo River. The situation is due to the discharges being made at the Massingir dam and close to 19,000 people could be affected by the floods. The situation is caused by...
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Gaza will have a new cashew nut factory valued at One million dollars
The government of Gaza province, in the south of the country, has announced the construction of a new cashew nut processing plant in July, which is estimated to cost one million dollars. "The population is being mobilized to plant cashews in order to feed our industries, since we have a lot of potential...
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Rising flow of the Incomati River in the south of the country destroys 800 hectares of crops
The rise in the flow of the Incomáti River due to the opening of floodgates in the main dams in Mozambique's neighboring countries has caused the destruction of around 800 hectares of various crops in the Manhiça district. According to the Manhiça district administrator, the crops destroyed include maize, manioc, beans and potatoes...