The number of public producers of maize in Mozambique did not change between 2016 and 2020, according to data contained in a report presented today in Maputo. Meanwhile, there was a slight increase in the number of rice and soybean seed breeders and a reduction in demand for cowpea seeds. It was noted, during the same period in reference, a greater involvement of the...
Category: Agriculture
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Chestnut commercialization in Inhambane is far from reaching the goal
Inhambane province produced and commercialized this year more than 10 thousand tons of cashew nuts, of the little more than 19 thousand planned for the campaign 2021/2022. This quantity represents a reduction of four thousand tons compared to the same period of the 2020/2021 campaign, in which more than 14 thousand tons were produced and commercialized.
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More than 200,000 cashew trees at risk of disappearing in Cabo Delgado
More than 200 thousand cashew seedlings, which are in the nursery for the production of this vegetative material, in Nanduli, Ancuabe district, in Cabo Delgado, are at risk of being lost, due to the lack of assistance, caused by the flight of technical staff, since the terrorist attack on June 5th. The nursery, located about...
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"Mozambican women must have access to land", - demand activists
Mozambican women have been placed in the secondary plan with regard to access to land, which is a violation of the right enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic, according to activists. This fact has led to some conflicts and for its solution many have resorted to the practice of justice by their own hands, one of the serious violations of human rights that...
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Mozambique plans to explore organic cotton market
Mozambique is ready to transition from conventional to organic cotton production, in an effort to diversify the product market and respond to the current dynamic, which is increasingly seeking sustainable alternatives. The assurance was given yesterday, in Maputo, by the director of the Institute of Cotton and Oilseeds of Mozambique, Yolanda Gonçalves, at the Forum of the Cotton...
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Insecurity in Cabo Delgado "withdraws" Plexus. Producers in despair
Plexus, a British company, the only cotton concessionaire in the country, said it will stop operating in Cabo Delgado province next week, without buying cotton from 50,000 small producers, writes the news portal, Carta, citing Nick Earlam, head of the company. This is about the level of insecurity that ...
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With first gas shipment in sight, analysts call for creation of Sovereign Wealth Fund
The first shipment of liquefied natural gas, produced in the Rovuma basin, northern Mozambique, will take place very soon, but the absence of the so-called Sovereign Fund, to manage the revenues from this resource, worries several sectors of public opinion, for allegedly putting into question the issue of transparency. There are also concerns about the Law of the...
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World Bank disburses 30 M$ for graduate courses in agro-food in Mozambique
The World Bank on Monday announced $30 million in funding for the creation of a center of excellence in agrifood systems and innovation for graduate students. A statement from the World Bank said the center of excellence will help build technical capacity and high-quality research in the...
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Zambézia divulges agricultural potentialities for commercialization
Zambezia province, launched last Friday the activities for dissemination of agricultural potentialities for commercialization. It was an act organized by the provincial Directorate of Industry and Trade that gathered the districts of the southern part of the province, namely Morrumbala, Chinde, Luabo and hostess Mopeia. The head of the department in the provincial Direction of Industry...
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World Bank says agriculture can be a solution to lift Mozambique out of poverty
The World Bank argues that promoting agriculture is what defeats poverty fastest in Mozambique, given the economic potential and in the face of a global scenario in which there are several threats to growth, reads the institution's latest report. "Agricultural growth would reduce poverty and inequality three times faster than...