FAO Mozambique is happy to announce the relocation of the Secretariat of the Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) from Zimbabwe to Mozambique. Established in 2004, the main objectives of the...

The first Workshop on Native Fruits in Mozambique ended on Thursday (10.09.) after two days of activities. The workshop was organized in partnership between the Institute of Agricultural Research of...

"Family Farming Sector and Development in Mozambique" is the title of the book launched on Thursday (27/08), in Maputo, by the Director of the Rural Observatory (OMR) and book coordinator,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Wednesday (12/08) attended the launch of the project "Strengthening capacities of the private sector in Mozambique's timber industry for...

The first "National Workshop on the Farmer Field School Methodology" has been held for two days in the city of Beira, Sofala Province, ending last Friday (31/07). The event was organized...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on July 26 took part in an agriculture fair in Sussundenga District of Manica Province, which was organized by the...

The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a new partnership agreement to boost food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture and...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Thursday (16/07) attended the launching workshop of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) National Commission's 'School...

The Mozambican National Director of Agrarian Services, Mohamed Rafik Valá, on Monday (29/06) visited the warehouse of obsolete pesticides in Boane, Maputo Province. This warehouse is being managed by the...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Mozambique Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MASA) on Wednesday (24/06) held a joint press conference to inform...

The results for the first implementing year of the project "Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agriculture Policies" (MAFAP) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in...

Recognizing the contributions of family farmers to food security and poverty eradication worldwide, FAO today launched a new digital platform that aims to become a "one-stop shop" for information, data...

Between 5 and 8 June 2015, government and UN officials from Malawi and Mozambique came together as part of a three-day knowledge sharing workshop on the "Purchase from Africans for...

The President of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, on Sunday (07/06) officially opened the country's inaugural Cassava Festival. The main purpose of the three-day event was to promote the value of...

FAO's 39th Conference opened this Saturday (06/06), with representatives from 194 countries including more than 130 ministers gathered to discuss the Organization's future workplan, set a new two-year budget, and...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Tuesday (02/06) participated in a workshop on the "Collaboration between Mozambique and Portugal in the agriculture, food and forestry...

70 farmer association leaders, managers of agricultural production and technicians from the District Services for Economic Activities (SDAE) and the District Services for Education, Youth and Technology (SDEJT) of the...

The number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million – 216 million fewer than in 1990-92 – or around one person out of every nine, according...

On 21 May, the three Rome-based Agencies (RBAs) – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food...

With stronger capacity to design and implement trade policies and strategies, Southern African countries can better leverage trade as a means to reducing poverty and improving food security. Additionally, countries...