A total of 865,595 hectares of various crops have been affected by "climatic phenomena", in particular drought, floods and pests, which have devastated parts of the country in the current agricultural season, leaving just over a million producers in need of "short and medium-term" support. The figures are contained in the Ministry's preliminary...
Three thousand more producers could enter the coffee production chain by 2030 in the country, bringing the number of coffee farmers to 7,000. The target is set by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER) and was announced last weekend in Maputo by the minister responsible, Celso Correia, during the...
National store coverage has been achieved, continuing the company's expansion plan, this time in Chókwè. The store has more than 260m2 and more than 15,000 product references for agriculture, livestock, fisheries and much more. The opening of the store in Chokwé demonstrates...
At the Council of Ministers, the Mozambican government set the minimum purchase price for seed cotton from the producer, the ginning fee and the seed cotton price subsidy, which will come into force during the 2023-2024 agricultural campaign. According to the spokesperson for the 17th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers, Ludovina Bernardo, the...
The Lower Limpopo Irrigation District, in the town of Xai-Xai in Gaza, is going to relaunch wheat cultivation, which had been discontinued in the province for around 50 years. According to the governor of that province, Margarida Mapanzene, the first sowing should start soon, as a result of cooperation with the Chinese company Wambao, which also grows...
At least one million agricultural producers in the central and southern regions of the country have had their production for the current season compromised due to adverse climatic factors since the start of the first production season. According to the president of the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD), Luísa Meque, who was speaking yesterday, Thursday (09) in...
Tomorrow, Thursday (9), Maputo city will host the official launch of the timer for the 13th Conference of the African Society of Agronomic Sciences, to be held from September 16 to 19 at the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) Campus. The event is intended to publicize the criteria for participation in the 13th Conference of the African Society of Agricultural Sciences....
The Manica provincial government is mobilizing partners to obtain funds for technical assistance to 300 farmers to increase vegetable production in the district of Sussundenga, in that region of central Mozambique. The program is being implemented in the Tsetsera area, through a project by the agrarian village...
Mozambique and Cuba intend to strengthen cooperation ties in the area of food security, for the benefit of the populations of both countries. To this end, a delegation from that Latin American country is making a seven-day visit to Mozambique. Speaking during a working meeting held yesterday, Monday (29), in Maputo, with Minister...
The Maragra sugar factory has resumed production of sugar cane after a year's halt. For the time being, the first productions will be processed at its sugar competitor in Xinavane. The Maragra sugar mill, in the Manhiça district of Maputo province, suspended its activities following the destruction of machinery due to the rains that caused...