The district of Búzi, in Sofala, expects to harvest about 100 thousand tons of rice in the current agricultural campaign. This production will be reached in an area of thirty thousand hectares, having already been plowed and sown more than half. The director of Economic Activities of Búzi, Miguel Rabeca, says that the rain that has been...
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January 19, 2022January 19, 2022Latest, Agriculture, National
More than 7500 families could go hungry in Maputo province due to flooding
More than 7500 peasant families in Maputo province may be facing starvation following the flooding of their cultivation areas. More than 11,000 hectares of various crops are currently submerged due to the discharges of the Pequenos Libombos dam, and the rise in the flows of the Maputo,...
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January 18, 2022January 18, 2022Agriculture, Markets, Social Responsibility
Cabo Delgado producers receive tractors for soybean production
Eight small soybean producers in Cabo Delgado received on Monday the same number of kits consisting of a tractor, harrow, thresher and trailer to increase this cash crop, recently introduced in the districts of Montepuez, Namuno and Balama. According to Hilário Sitoe, from SNV, a non-governmental organization responsible for this action, the equipment cost 32 million meticals and aim to...
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January 5, 2022January 5, 2022Latest, Agriculture, Markets, National
ADB donates USD 47 million to Mozambique for agro-industrial processing
The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced Wednesday a $47 million grant for the first phase of the Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor, a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone in northern Mozambique. "The African Development Fund grant will help improve agricultural productivity and agribusiness development...
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December 28, 2021December 29, 2021Agriculture, Markets
ADB approves 47 M$ for the development of Niassa's agro-industrial zone
The African Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $47 million grant for the first phase of the development of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone in the northern province of Niassa. This is a fund aimed at supporting strategies to improve agricultural productivity and agribusiness development in the province of...
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December 3, 2021December 3, 2021Agriculture, Featured, Interviews & Reports, Technology & Innovation
New technology increases the JFS Group's cotton production
The strong investment in new technologies at Sociedade Algodoeira do Niassa has boosted production levels. In the current season alone, production may triple, reaching "a historical level" of 17 thousand tons of cotton. About 17 thousand tons of cotton is how much Sociedade Algodoeira do Niassa expects to produce in the current season.
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December 1, 2021December 2, 2021Agriculture, Markets
Farmers from the center and north yield 34 million dollars through the InovAgro project
Over 37 thousand farmers from eleven districts of the provinces of Nampula, Cabo Delgado and Zambezia have obtained profits over 34 million dollars through the project Innovation for Agribusiness (InovAgro) implemented between 2010 and 2021. According to the project manager, Morgen Gomo, who was speaking this morning in Maputo, at the results presentation meeting, the...
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November 26, 2021November 26, 2021Agriculture, Industry, Markets
Manica wants to attract new investments in mining industry and agribusiness
The province of Manica, exposes today its potentialities in agriculture and mining, in the first international conference of investments and development. This is an event that will bring together several countries such as South Africa, Cuba, England, Portugal and Italy. According to the Secretary of State for Manica, Edson Macuacua, the conference will disclose the potential...
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November 24, 2021November 24, 2021Latest, Agriculture, World
About 3 billion people in the world cannot afford a healthy diet, says FAO
According to the report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, entitled "The State of Food and Agriculture 2021," about 3 billion people in the world cannot afford a healthy diet. If a new shock comes, reducing people's incomes by one-third, another 1 billion could fall into this trap....
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November 19, 2021November 19, 2021Agriculture, Markets
Zambézia achieves self-sufficiency in corn, soybean and tuber crops
The Government of Zambezia revealed this week that the province has already achieved self-sufficiency in maize, soybean and tuber crops. Still, challenges remain regarding agricultural mechanization to make it more profitable. According to the Zambezia province governor, Pio Matos, said that there is a need to bet more on technologies in order to...