The government of Manica province, in the center of the country, is urging producers to be more cautious when selling surpluses during the agricultural marketing year, in order to avoid the occurrence of hunger pangs. The lack of rain in some districts of the province, associated with the El Nino phenomenon, has led to the loss of extensive...
Maputo National Park received a record number of tourists last year
Maputo National Park recorded a record number of visitors in 2023, receiving more than 20,000 tourists. This increase contributed significantly to the growth and recovery of investments in the area. In a publication on the "Profile" portal, the park's administrator, Miguel Gonçalves, explained that the number of tourists has increased annually by between 10% and 15%,...
Government wants to strengthen credit line for agricultural marketing and food security
The Minister of Industry and Trade, Silvino Moreno, acknowledged the importance and urgency of strengthening the capacity of the Credit Line for Agricultural Commercialization (LCCA), an instrument co-financed by the Cereals Institute of Mozambique (ICM) and Gapi. The instrument is available throughout the country through the fifteen branches of Gapi-Sociedade de Investimentos...
More than two thousand visitors expected at the 1st Southern African LPG Exhibition
Final preparations are underway for the 1st Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Exhibition of Southern Africa and 2nd of Eastern Africa, which will take place on April 17 and 18 in the city of Maputo. With more than two thousand visitors expected, the event will be attended by 30...
Mozambique promises to legislate on agricultural marketing later this year
The Mozambican government, through the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC), will send four decree-laws regulating agricultural marketing in the country to the Council of Ministers this year. According to the Minister of Industry and Trade, Silvino Moreno, who was speaking last Friday (12) during the closing ceremony of the sixth National Forum on Agricultural Commercialization, these...
Mozambique starts producing 70% of cooking gas this year
Mozambique will produce 70% of cooking gas to feed the domestic market from the end of this year, the National Director of Hydrocarbons and Fuels at the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) said on Thursday in Maputo. According to Moisés Paulino João, the fuel will be produced with the start-up of...
President of the Republic launches Agricultural Marketing Campaign today
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, today, Friday (12), in the town of Luelele, administrative post of Mandimba-Sede, Niassa province, presided over the Central Ceremony to launch the Agricultural Marketing Campaign-2024. The event, which will be replicated throughout the country, aims to encourage producers and those involved in agricultural marketing to start...
Mozambique and Angola sign agreement to liberalize airspace
The airlines of Mozambique and Angola, Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM) and Linhas Aéreas de Angola (TAAG) respectively, will be able to fly to various destinations in both countries. In fact, a bilateral agreement was signed on Wednesday in Maputo to strengthen the opening up of airspace between the Civil Aviation Institute of Mozambique...
Piped cooking gas will reach 400 more families this year
The government is going to make more connections to supply piped cooking gas to around 400 homes in Maputo city this year, the National Director of Hydrocarbons and Fuels at the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) said today. Moisés Paulino João guaranteed that there are technical and financial resources to make this project a reality,...
Less than 10% of Mozambicans use cooking gas
The National Director of Hydrocarbons and Fuels at the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) revealed today in Maputo that only three million Mozambicans (9.6%) use cooking gas, out of a total of 6% of the population that uses clean energy. Moisés Paulino João explained that 92% of the population still uses biomass energy (firewood...