The African Development Bank (AfDB) will disburse 33 million dollars for actions to promote food security and climate resilience in Mozambique. The information was revealed by the institution's representative in Mozambique, Cesar Augusto Mba Abogo, pointing out that the first objective of this funding is to address food security issues in the country, through...
Category: Agriculture
Cabo Delgado expects to produce 3,500 tons of cotton in the current agricultural season
The Cabo Delgado Provincial Executive Council announced on Tuesday the province's bets for the current agricultural campaign for products such as cotton, sesame and soya. These are cash crops that have been improving the lives of producers in recent years, due to the attractive prices offered by the market. Meeting for its first session...
US and Switzerland announce new investments in Mozambique's agricultural sector
On Monday in Nampula, the development agencies of the United States of America and Switzerland signed a memorandum of understanding worth 32.2 million dollars to promote agriculture in the Nacala and Cabo Delgado Corridor in northern Mozambique. Called FTF Premier-Oholo (PRO), the program will be implemented between January 2024 and...
US government representative visits Mozambique with agenda that includes agrarian partnership
The Deputy Administrator of the Executive of the United States of America (USA), Isabel Coleman, began a six-day visit to Mozambique on Thursday (25), with the main item on her agenda being to boost agricultural projects in the country, financed by the Washington government. According to a press release distributed by the US Embassy in Maputo and quoted...
Gaza: Cashew nuts earn Chibuto producers more than 76 million meticais
Family sector producers in Gaza's Chibuto district have earned more than 76 million meticais in just over three months from the sale of 2,178.5 tons of cashew nuts, out of the 3,200 expected by next March. The Chibuto district administrator, Sérgio Moiane, expressed optimism about the success of the...
Niassa: El Niño phenomenon jeopardizes agrarian campaign
The lack of rain, due to the El Niño phenomenon that is already affecting the country, could compromise the current agricultural campaign in the district of Cuamba, in Niassa, an official source said. The director of the Cuamba Economic Activities Service, José de Almeida Júnior, said that due to the El Niño phenomenon, the seed sown in the...
Feed the Future has 25.5 million dollars available to finance companies in Nacala
Small producers in the agro-processing sector in the provinces of Nampula, Niassa and Zambézia will be able to benefit from 25.5 million dollars from Feed the Future (Promoting Innovative and Resilient Agricultural Market Systems in the Nacala Corridor - FTF Premier) to boost their businesses. This is a USAID-funded initiative that will be implemented...
Gorongosa: Coffee production could help recover 6,000 hectares
Around a thousand families are involved in coffee production in Gorongosa National Park, which, as well as being a source of income, could help to recover around 6,000 hectares of land that have disappeared in 44 years. Quoted by Notícias, the Park Administrator, Pedro Muagura, says that sustainable coffee production...
Inhambane reduces electricity bills by using biogas
The districts of Zavala, Inharrime and Jangamo, in Inhambane province, are using cattle manure and organic waste to produce biogas, which has helped to reduce electricity bills in the communities and cassava processing units. The initiative came about following a request from a charitable association for funding to take advantage of the...
Gaza: Chinese entrepreneurs plan to set up sesame processing center in Chongoene
Chinese businessmen are planning to set up a sesame processing and export center near the Chongoene dock in Gaza, in the province of Ubei, in the People's Republic of China. The intention was expressed last Thursday in Xai-Xai by a delegation of Chinese businesspeople who are in Gaza as part of the visit of...