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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Ministry of the Sea, Inland and Fisheries is holding a three-day technical seminar this week to seek a national strategy and action plan for on Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), aimed at preventing, deterring and eliminating...

In Mozambique, fish production in general has declined over the last decade, mainly due high input costs, poor production techniques, limited extension services, poor market access and application. One of the approaches promoted by the Government to reverse this trend is to increase fish production and productivity through aquaculture, given the...

A fall armyworm outbreak, the first emergence of the pest in southern Africa, is causing considerable crop damage in some countries. If the pest damage aggravates, it could dampen prospects for good crop harvests that is anticipated in the current farming season. Maize, a staple food in the region has...

About 30,500 households benefit from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO´s) "Emergency Assistance Programme for Containment of the Effects of Drought", implemented in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in Mozambique (MASA). This Emergency Assistance programme aims at reducing food dependency of the families...

Farmers from Manica Province, Gondola district in Mozambique welcomed FAO mission in support to Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development in Mozambique. The mission focused on identifying priorities that promote sustainable proven innovative practices and principles of production and post-production processes (responding to the Regional Initiative 2 – RI2) over the...