The South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC), held from 28 to 29 Jun 2017, at AFRIN Hotel, in Maputo, its fifth Working Party meeting on Fisheries Data and Statistics (WPFS),...

Agricultural extensionists from Changara, Marara and Cahora-Bassa districts in Tete Province were trained on adaptation to climate change in matters about conservation farming, seeds multiplication and quality control, under the...

16 June, Tete- About 100 public sector agricultural extension workers from the provinces of Gaza, Maputo, Tete and Manica were trained by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

14 June- FAO in Mozambique under the MDG1c project is implementing a nutrition education and home gardens programme aimed at ensuring that vulnerable women and school children are reached with...

01 June, Maputo- The Rome-based UN Agencies (RBAs), namely FAO, IFAD and WFP, held the National Steering Committee 2nd Meeting of the Programme " Accelerating progress towards the achievement of the...

31 May, Zambézia- Within the component that integrates Nutrition Education and Communication for Social Change and Behaviour Integrating Home Gardens from the Millenium Development Goals MDG1c programme, FAO received students...

26 May, Sofala- A training course was held in Nhamatanda district, Sofala Province, from 22 to 26 May, whose main objective was to provide participants with technical skills and tools...

Cotton is a key export commodity in Mozambique and an important source of rural farm income and foreign exchange earnings. However, as a price taker on world cotton markets, the...

26 May, Maputo- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a meeting to present Rural Invest, a tool to support groups with limited financial literacy to...

One of the main expected results of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) emergency programme intervention in Mozambique includes reducing the risk of cattle mortality in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...