The government, through the Council of Ministers, approved a new fertilizer management regulation last week, with one of the main objectives being "to bring greater security to the quality of fertilizers circulating in the country". The new regulation, according to data from the National Directorate for Agricultural Health and Biosafety, fills in some gaps...
The city of Maputo, the country's capital, will produce 8,348.5 tons of chicken meat in 2023 compared to 7,795.8 tons in 2022, which corresponds to an increase of 7%. According to the director of the Economic Activities Service in the city, Hélio Neves, who was speaking yesterday, Thursday (03), during the launch of the 2024 animal vaccination campaign, the...
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is funding 30 million euros to implement a program aimed at strengthening food systems and food and nutrition security in the Beira corridor. The initiative, which is being implemented in twelve districts in the provinces of Manica and Sofala, aims to improve the diet...
The Mozambican meteorological services say that the El Niño weather phenomenon, which has been battering parts of the South and Central regions since the end of last year, has entered the weakening phase and should dissipate from next month. An official source from the National Meteorological Institute (INAM) said this on Thursday (21), on the sidelines of the launch of the...
The Italian government has announced that 4 million euros will be made available to fund actions aimed at integrating rural women in the province of Manica into the productive value chain. The money will go to the "Women in Sustainability" project, which is being implemented in the districts of Báruè, Macossa, Guro and Tambara, and will cover...
In Chókwè district, Gaza province, southern Mozambique, an innovative agricultural project is revolutionizing the local economy by producing rice seeds. With major milestones achieved since 2015, including the processing of 800 tons of rice seeds in 2021, the project led by Mozambican Hélder Chilengue is not only feeding...
The intense heat that has hit the south of the country in recent days has caused the loss of more than four thousand hectares of various crops in Maputo province alone. In the last week, the maximum temperature has risen to 40 degrees Celsius, accompanied by a lack of rainfall, which is believed to be related to the...
The Italian government will disburse around 4 million euros for the implementation of a project aimed at boosting agricultural activity over the next three years in the provinces of Manica and Cabo Delgado, the northern and central regions of Mozambique respectively. Financed by the Government of the Republic of Italy, through the Italian Cooperation Agency...
The intense heat that has been felt in recent days in Maputo province has destroyed large areas of agricultural crops and created losses for farmers in the municipality of Matola. This situation could exacerbate the shortage of vegetables in the main markets in the city and province of Maputo in the coming days. Of the crops...
The process of providing food assistance to families who have lost part of their crops due to the effects of the El Ninho phenomenon in some districts of Maputo province will begin in a few days. These are families from the districts of Magude, Namaacha, Manhiça and Matutuíne, who were unable to produce enough in the first season of the current agricultural harvest,...