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08 May, Geneva- Supported the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Mozambique has taken "important regulatory measures" to protect its population and environment by cancelling the registration of 79 "highly dangerous" pesticides (30 active substances).The National Coordinator of the Highly Hazardous Pesticide and Obsolete Pesticide Hazard Reduction...

Two years after an intense drought caused by El Niño which affected more than 40 million people and caused a cereal deficit of 9 million tons, the African southern region is facing a new plague that threatens to devastate the crops of the region's farmers.It is an invasive worm called...

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,...