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At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and servicesWith only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 million people in Southern Africa urgently need support to produce enough food to feed themselves and...

The Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations (FAO), in coordination with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Eduardo Mondlane University held this week at Maputo the first national coordinators meeting of the regional initiative in fruit fly management in Africa, within the RAF5074 project.About 20 representatives from...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Thursday (07.07) launched the project "Strengthening capacities of agricultural producers to cope with climate change for increased food security through the Farmer Field School approach" in Maputo. The 4-year project, which will be implemented in partnership with the Ministry of...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) trained 12 staff members of the Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development (MITADER) in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including the component of Global Positioning System (GPS). These systems will allow soil erosion mapping in Mozambique by processing and interpreting...

On 25 June, a delegation from the Italy Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) left Mozambique after a 5-day visit to the country. The mission aimed to provide technical backstopping for the Home Gardens and Nutrition Education component of FAO’s “Millennium Development Goal 1c”...