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The Member States of the Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) held their 8th ordinary session from 28th to 31th March in Antananarivo, capital of the Republic of Madagascar to discuss regional fisheries management, including the revision of a protocol on the minimum terms and conditions (MTC) for access to...

Conservation Agriculture in Mozambique has been an increasingly accepted practice by the agrarian producers who see in this method a way of increasing productivity with low production costs and greater protection of the soil.  From the field Through this practice the farmer José Sixpene Macorreia, in a few time, noticed a significant increase...

Recently, in response to the deteriorating food security and nutrition situation in many countries, governments have increased their commitment to food security and nutrition for all. In Mozambique, where around 43% of the population suffers from chronic malnutrition with the highest number of children between 0 and 5 years old,...

Between 20 and 21 March, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) in partnership with the Government of Mozambique, met in a consultation seminar on The Purchase from Africans for Africa (PAA África), a pilot project supported by the Government of...

The Panama disease, also called Foc TR4, has been identified in commercial sector of banana in Nampula province and later in Chiúre district in Cabo Delgado province where it has devastated around 1500 hectares of banana production since the disease was discovered in the country.This disease can cause large losses...