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...
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November 17, 2021November 18, 2021Agriculture, Markets
Small farmers receive support from the United Nations on resilience issues
Smallholder farmers in the provinces of Gaza in the south, Tete and Sofala in the center will benefit from a resilience program aimed at reducing agricultural losses in the face of climate shocks. This is an initiative promoted by the World Food Programme (WFP) that aims to ensure the food security and livelihoods of more than 50...
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November 15, 2021February 15, 2022Agriculture, Markets
Filipe Nyusi considers that cereal production has boosted the agricultural sector
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, said last Friday, at the launch of the 2021-2022 Agricultural Campaign, in Vanduzi, Manica province, that the agricultural production for the 2020-2021 campaign doubled the expected target, by reaching 8.2% against the 4.1% initially expected. According to the Head of State, this growth results from the positive performance in almost all...
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November 13, 2021November 13, 2021Agriculture, Markets
Cabo Delgado expects to produce more than one million tons of agricultural products in the 2021/2022 season
The government of Cabo Delgado expects to produce more than one million tons of various agricultural products in the 2021/2022 agricultural campaign. These are diverse products with greater emphasis on about 866 thousand tons of cereals, legumes, roots and tubers, and more than 160 thousand are income products, in this case, vegetables, sesame,...