About USD 16.5 million is available to finance agricultural projects throughout the country. The funds are from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which will be managed by Absa Bank Mozambique
Category: Agriculture
Mozambique and the United Kingdom strengthen cooperation in the agricultural sector
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Celso Correia, and the UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Mozambique, Katherine Fletcher, attended the "UK-Mozambique Agricultural Technologies Business Forum" last Friday in Maputo. The meeting aimed to fortify the cooperative relations between the nations in the area of agriculture. In the course...
Mozambique becomes an exporter of refined sugar
Mozambique becomes an exporter of refined sugar. At the global level the production reaches about 10 thousand tons per season. The information was given by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Celso Correia, during a visit to launch the next agricultural campaign in Sofala province, Búzi district. The minister also said that...
UN wants to end hunger in Mozambique
The United Nations Organization (UNO) intends to eradicate hunger in Mozambique and some agencies in the country say that they are dealing with factors that contribute to food insecurity. According to Hernâni Coelho, the UN representative in Mozambique, hunger can only be ended through combined actions and the integration of humanitarian policies. And between...
FAO makes 70 million euros available for small farmers in Zambezia and Nampula
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will support 280 thousand small farmers from Zambezia and Nampula provinces, through the Promove AgriBiz program
Government prepares launch of the Agrarian Campaign 2021-2022
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Celso Correia, calls on producers to prepare their cultivation areas in view of the agrarian campaign that will be launched in the country in a few days
"Mozambique will be self-sufficient in rice production in five years" - Celso Correia
The success achieved, in recent times, through the "Sustenta" program, makes the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Celso Correia, believe that in the next five years the country will be self-sufficient in rice production
The UK wants to strengthen its investments in Manica
The United Kingdom has shown interest in strengthening investment in the province of Manica, particularly in agriculture. For this purpose, a portal was launched in the city of Chimoio, through which businessmen from both countries can expose the existing investment opportunities.
Zambézia will have an irrigated land valued at 3.8 million dollars
It is the construction of the Munda-Munda irrigation plant, located in the district of Maganja da Costa, Zambézia province. The irrigation construction works are part of the SUSTENTA project and are estimated in 3, 8 million dollars. The amount is financed by the Government, with the support of the International Development Agency. The irrigation project foresees to benefit...
New investments in chicken production accelerate self-sufficiency
Mozambique is moving quickly to achieve self-sufficiency in chicken production, thanks to new investments that are being made in the sector