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Maputo, 26 February 2024- A policy and strategy for fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS), prepared by the Mozambique government with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has become law after it was adopted by a government resolution and was published in the national...

Not even a cyclone and other extreme weather events could divert Afito Martinho from his mission: the seed multiplier from Meconta District, Nampula Province, was one of the first local producers supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to have his seeds certified by the...

05 January 2024 - According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) in the period between May to September 2023 around 2.6 million people were in acute food insecurity, requiring urgent assistance. Of these, 126,000 people were in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and the remaining 2.5 million in IPC...

05 December 2023- Mozambique recently faced its first-ever cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of the H7 group, a concerning development for the country and the broader Southern African region. The outbreak, affecting more than 54 000 laying hens in a high biosecurity facility, raised alarms about the potential...

Maputo, 22 November 2023- The National Consultative Workshop on implementation of the Soil Land and Water Information System (SoLaWISe) initiative was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Mozambique from November 21st to 22nd, 2023. Mozambique serves as a pilot country for the SoLaWISe initiative,...