The Assistant Director-General of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Árni Mathiesen, on Friday (14/11) left Mozambique after a three-day...

The Mozambique Minister of Fisheries, Víctor Manuel Borges, and the Assistant Director-General of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department at FAO, Árni Mathiesen, on Wednesday signed a Host Agreement of the...

The children's engagement was right there, in front of everyone. Concentrated on the song lyrics, eyes wide open, straight backs. Their clothes, one could see, were kept for big events....

It was still a fresh morning when dozens of women started preparing lunch. Sitting in groups, around pots for big families, eating leftovers from breakfast, they cooked sweet potatoes and...

At a panel about "The Rights over Land and Natural Resources" at the III International Conference on Women Farmers over Land, which took place between 1 and 2 October in...

On Friday (19/09) the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) presented the results of the annual report on "The State of...

22 October, 2013 - During a ceremony that took place in Maputo on 7 August, the Government of Mozambique launched the EU funded programme called “Accelerate progress towards MDG 1...

“Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition” will be the focus of World Food Day in 2013. The official World Food Day theme – announced at the start of every...

Maputo, 5th july 2013 - A food security and nutrition programme partnership agreement between the Government of Mozambique, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Government of the Kingdom of...

Maputo, 08 March 2013 – Under the auspices of the FAO´s Costal Fisheries Development for  Gaza and Inhambane Provinces  Project, funded by the Government of Italy, FAO Mozambique and the...

14 February 2013, Rome – In acknowledgement of the importance of partnership in tackling global issues, the staff of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural...

9 August 2012, Rome - The FAO Food Price Index climbed 6 percent in July 2012 after three months of decline. The Index, which measures  the monthly change in the international...

Fluctuations in Food prices occurring during the first decade of the 21st Century were the reason behind the 2011 WFD (World Food Day) theme “Food prices - from crisis to stability”....

Graziano da Silva, FAO Director General, visited Mozambique to participate in the IX Conference of Heads of State And Government of The Community Of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), held in...

Last week the European Union  granted the Mozambican Government 67.3 Million Euros for the support to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), specifically the result MDG 1c – to reduce...

"GCP/GLO/324/NOR - Integrating the Right to Adequate Food and Good Governance in National Policies, Legislation and Institutions” (in short, Right to Food at Country Level) is a continuation of Norway’s...

More than 80% of the population in Mozambique is active in the agriculture sector. Of these, about 90% work in family farming. The family farming system in the country is...

Thanks to the joint efforts deployed by a group of paralegals of the local NGO AMUDEIA, trained by the Juridical and Judicial Training Centre of the Ministry of Justice (CFJJ)...