Government intends to boost the production of potatoes in order to reduce the import of this product. The fact was revealed last Friday by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Celso Correia, on his visit to the district of Báruê, Manica province. Celso Correia said that the consumption of potatoes has been increasing in...
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March 24, 2022March 23, 2022Agriculture, Markets, Business
Government bets on the creation of a special agro-processing zone in the North
The government guarantees that it will invest in the implementation of the special agro-industrial processing zone in Niassa province, in order to stimulate the increase of agricultural production and productivity in the region. To this end, according to the newspaper Notícias, the Council of Ministers on Tuesday considered information on the launch of the project of the Special Processing Zone...
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March 23, 2022March 22, 2022Agriculture
Mozambique recorded an increase in agricultural production in the last two years
Agricultural production in the country has increased from 20 million tons to 43 million tons in the period from 2018 to 2020. This number is expected to rise to 47 million this year. The data were made public this Monday, in Maputo, at a press conference, by the president of Agribusiness, nutrition and industry...
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March 21, 2022March 21, 2022Agriculture, Markets
Mozambique disburses about USD 600 million annually for grain imports
Mozambique disburses annually about 600 million dollars, for the import of cereals, being 50% of the amount allocated for the purchase of rice, in order to meet the demand of the domestic market. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, who advanced the fact, last week, at the Regadio do Baixo Limpopo, in Gaza, noted...
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March 21, 2022March 21, 2022Agriculture, Markets
Companies without funds to absorb cashew nuts in Nampula
The cashew nut processing industries in Nampula province are unable to absorb more than 30,000 tons of this cash crop, due to lack of capacity, which makes room for raw exports, with all the losses it brings to the value chain. According to the newspaper Notícias, data indicate that the province...
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March 16, 2022March 16, 2022Latest, Agriculture, National
Rehabilitation of the Baixo Limpopo Irrigation Scheme already in the conclusive phase
The coordinator of the project for the rehabilitation of the Regadio do Baixo Limpopo, Amélia Ruco says that the degree of execution has already reached 92%, with its completion projected for December of the current year, that is eight years after the beginning of the works. This is an initiative financed by the African Development Bank (ADB) that, for the...
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March 16, 2022March 16, 2022Agriculture, Markets
Rice production may reach 239 thousand tons in the current agricultural season
Mozambique can achieve food self-sufficiency in rice, if it maintains the levels of production growth it has recorded in recent years. For the current campaign 2021-2022, the production of the cereal is expected to reach about 239,000 tons, corresponding to an increase of 15%, compared to the previous campaign. These data were revealed...
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March 12, 2022March 14, 2022Agriculture, Markets
Authorities advocate partnerships in the management of irrigation systems in Zambezia
The Zambezia provincial government advocates the need to enhance public-private partnerships and producer associations aiming at protecting the investments being made in the rehabilitation and construction of irrigation infrastructures. The provincial director of Agriculture and Fisheries in Zambezia, Fernando Namucua, said this Thursday in an interview to Notícias that many...
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March 9, 2022March 9, 2022Agriculture, Markets
Reduction of Sustenta funding could jeopardize global production in Gaza
The reduction of funding to Gaza province, under the Sustenta program, may contract the overall production by 2.28% in the current fiscal year compared to last year. Data presented last week in the VII Ordinary Session of the Provincial Assembly show that the global production for 2022 is estimated in 62.044,76 million meticais,...
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March 3, 2022March 3, 2022Agriculture, Economy, Markets, Oil & Gas
United Arab Emirates want to invest in Maputo province
The United Arab Emirates intend to invest in the province of Maputo in the areas of gas and agriculture. With this purpose, Omar Mubarak Aljaberi, chargé d'affaires at the embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Mozambique, sat on Tuesday at the same table with the head of the executive council of Maputo. According to Radio Mozambique, the meeting showed that...