Next week, the government will organize a special session to announce the results of the SUSTENTA project, the main program that was being developed to boost the agricultural sector. Initially launched in 2017 with the aim of integrating small farmers into agricultural production value chains, SUSTENTA was the government's flagship...
Category: Agriculture
Agriculture ministry recommends delaying sowing in northern region due to lack of rainfall
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER) recommends delaying the start of sowing for the first agricultural season of the 2024-25 period in the north of the country to avoid the risk of low productivity due to the lack of rain in the forecast. In a publication in Revista Terra, the representative of the National Directorate for Family Farming, Hiten...
Gaza: Rice production reached 25,000 tons in the first half of this year
The province of Gaza, in southern Mozambique, produced around 25,000 tons of rice in the first half of this year across the entire area covered by irrigation systems. The figures were released on Wednesday (28) by Iválio Mahumane, spokesman for the Directorate of Productivity and Trade of Gaza province, at FACIM, who stressed...
Hollard directly benefits 16,000 small farmers
Hollard-Agri, an innovative micro-insurance initiative by Hollard Mozambique, has created a significant impact on the lives of 16,000 small farmers affected by drought in the provinces of Manica, Sofala and Tete, respectively. Launched around a year ago, this micro-insurance is providing essential cover to small farmers on the basis of...
Gaza: TDB Bank grants USD 100,000 to finance agricultural activity
One hundred thousand dollars is the amount that the agricultural association of Gaza province will receive from the Trade and Development Bank of East and South Africa (TDB) for the agricultural sector in this region. "This project is aimed at the main challenges faced by this community in the face of climate change. By providing water pumps that...
Tete: Government decrees "quarantine" of cattle due to tuberculosis outbreak
The provincial government of Tete, in central Mozambique, has just ordered a ban on the movement of cattle from the districts of Chifunde, Marávia and Zumbo to the rest of the province, due to an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in neighboring Zambia. According to sources quoted by Rádio Moçambique, the action is aimed at safeguarding...
Mozambique plans to produce 210,000 tons of sugar this season
Sugar production in Mozambique could reach 210,000 tons in the 2024-25 campaign, a slightly upward trend compared to the previous season, when indicators were set at around 200,000 tons. According to the executive director of the Association of Sugar Producers of Mozambique (APAMO), Orlando da Conceição, despite this development, the...
Brazil plans investments to develop rice production in Lower Limpopo
Brazil wants to go ahead with a rice production project in the Lower Limpopo region, Gaza province, as part of cooperation aimed at boosting food production and agribusiness in Mozambique, the country's Ambassador in Maputo, Ademar Seabra da Cruz Júnior, revealed last week. According to the diplomat, quoted by Revista...
Celso Correia says the Five-Year Plan has been fulfilled
Despite the various criticisms that the Sustenta Project has suffered from civil society, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development says that the goals of his sector's Five-Year Plan have been achieved over the last five years. Celso Correia, however, says that the biggest challenge is milk production, which from the...
Italy announces 35 million euros for the construction of a Food Processing Center
The Italian government announced today, Monday (08), that it will provide 35 million euros for the construction of an Agricultural Center for Food Processing in Manica, in central Mozambique. According to Italy's Director General for Cooperation and Development, Stefano Gatti, after signing the agreement with the Minister of Economy and Finance,...