Sofala province needs 1100 tons of various certified seeds to meet the needs of the 2023-2024 agricultural campaign. These are seeds for maize, rice, sorghum, beans and vegetables. According to the coordinator of the Department of Agriculture at the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Fisheries in Sofala, Chiro Jorge, the government and partners are already...
Mozambique expects to produce 160,000 tons of cashew nuts in 2024, an increase of more than 1.5% on this year's estimate, despite the effects of the climate. According to the Economic and Social Plan of the State Budget for next year, which will soon be debated in Parliament, this production is derived from 9,734,000 cashew trees,...
From Monday, the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, will host the first African Conference on Agricultural Technology (ACAT), which will serve to exchange ideas and share best practices for exploring innovative solutions for the development of the agricultural sector. The five-day meeting is expected to bring together agricultural researchers, representatives of...
Mozambique currently exploits around 5.5 million hectares of arable land, which corresponds to less than 20% of the approximately 30 million hectares available in the country. The information was shared this Tuesday in Maputo by the representative of the Mozambican Association of Economists (AMECOM), Helton Leonardo, during the National Conference on...
Mozambique wants to place its mainly organic agricultural production on the Chinese market and boost trade relations between the two countries. Mozambican agricultural production is recognized in different countries and is considered to be of high nutritional and commercial value. This Saturday, the Prime Minister, Adriano Maleane, took part in a forum to promote trade and...
The district of Massingir, in Gaza province, is on alert because of the El-Niño weather phenomenon, the effects of which are predicted for the current rainy season. The local administrator, Esmeralda Muthemba, quoted by Terra magazine, spoke of the level of readiness to respond to the imminent phenomenon. "We are on high alert. As you know, Massingir...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional lending window of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a grant of 19.98 million dollars to finance the implementation of Mozambique's Economic Acceleration and Governance Support Program. This financing is the first of two successive support operations...
The Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) is rehabilitating more than 2,500 hectares of mined areas in the Manica district for agricultural production, in order to benefit local farmers. According to Rádio Moçambique (RM), the activity will involve around 3,300 farmers, with each family...
The government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER), will issue specific technical recommendations for farmers and livestock producers in the family sector to mitigate the possible effects of the El-Niño weather phenomenon, which will hit the central and southern regions of the country from next month. According to Hiten Janlal, who...
Entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector have faced enormous barriers to obtaining bank financing for the development of agriculture. As a way of getting around this scenario, commercial banks are suggesting the creation of a guarantee fund to make agricultural financing viable in the country. The position was defended by the Mozambican Association of Banks (AMB), during a...