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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...

About 1 800 households are set to benefit from a recently launched project that helps smallholder farmers adapt to climate change. The project, which was launched by FAO in Mbalane District, Gaza Province, Mozambique is titled: Strengthening integrated adaptation planning and implementation in Southern Africa smallholder agricultural systems to support...

The FAO subregional office for Southern Africa hosted the seventh technical consultation on development and management of fisheries and aquaculture production in Lake Kariba and Cahora Bassa reservoir in Songo, Tete Province. The consultation was held from the from 7th to the 9th of December in Mozambique. The event was...