The recent grain import agreement reached between Russia and Ukraine will in no way be able to reduce the cost of importing wheat, but according to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company Silos and Grain Terminal of Matola (STEMA), the mills can circumvent the negative impact. The mills should be quick to purchase...
Mozambique has increased production of certified seeds by 18% in the 2021-2022 agricultural campaign reaching 12,000 tons against just over 10,000 tons in the previous campaign, said Tuesday the government spokesman. Speaking at the usual briefing after the Council of Ministers meeting, Filimão Suaze said that this increase in...
A total of 49 adulterated or low-quality seed varieties were detected in the country in 2020, up from 11 in 2016, according to the National Seed Report in Mozambique. Most cases were in Maputo, Manica and Nampula provinces. The data from the study of the African Seed Access Index (TASAI) were presented, ago...
More than 25 processing units will be installed by 2024, by the Zambezi Valley Development Agency, as part of the materialization of a memorandum of understanding signed in May, in Songo town, between the governors of Sofala, Manica, Tete and Zambézia. For this purpose, the governors of the provinces of Sofala, Manica, Tete, and Zambézia met last week in the city of Tete...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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 ...