Mozambique is moving quickly to achieve self-sufficiency in chicken production, thanks to new investments that are being made in the sector
Category: Agriculture
"Agro-livestock sector is a vector for the recovery of the economy in the country" - Celso Correia
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development considers that the agro-livestock sector is the vector for the country's economic recovery in the coming years
FAO says more than 800 million people suffer from hunger in the world
The WHO's Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, and the UN Environment Program, UNEP, report that 811 million people suffer from hunger and an additional 132 million are threatened by food insecurity, especially with the Covid-19 pandemic. FAO highlights that for many people on the planet, access to food is given...
Government and partners mobilize funds to support rural entrepreneurs
The Mozambican government has initialed a partnership agreement with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the disbursement of about 72 million dollars to finance rural entrepreneurs over the next six years
Closure of cashew factories throws thousands out of work in Nampula
About 7200 people, mostly women, have become unemployed after the closure of six cashew processing factories in Nampula province
Korea International Cooperation Agency supports small farmers in Sofala with 5.7 M$
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on Tuesday handed over 5.7 million dollars to the World Food Program (WFP) to support small farmers in the central province of Sofala
Total's agribusiness program created 500 jobs in Cabo Delgado
The "Catalisa" agribusiness project, financed by the Total-led natural gas exploration consortium in northern Mozambique, has created at least 500 jobs, an official source announced Thursday
Sustenta Program in Cabo Delgado will finance 17 thousand commercial producers
About 17 thousand new emerging small commercial producers are going to be financed for the agrarian campaign 2021/2022, through the direct fomentation of several crops, by means of technological packages, in Cabo Delgado province
Manica farmers outraged by mining pollution
In the center of the country, river pollution due to mining is worrying farmers. It is not only illegal miners who pollute the water with mercury, there are also companies that dump pollutants at night
SUSTENTA Project benefits 52 emerging farmers in Manica
More than 50 emerging small commercial farmers (PACEs) in Manica will benefit from SUSTENTA funding, for the implementation phase in the 2021/ 2022 agricultural campaign