Crop Industry News: Mozambique
20 May 2014
Mozambique Plans to Start Ethanol ProductionMOZAMBIQUE - Experts in Mozambique are meeting to discuss strategies for producing clean energy to reduce pollution and costs in the import of fossil fuel....
15 November 2013
Favourable Rains Predicted for Start of 2013/14 Cropping Season MOZAMBIQUE - Seasonal rains commenced in the second half of October in southern regions and some coastal areas, aiding land preparation and planting for the 2013/14 cropping season (October-June)....
09 August 2013
Mozambique Sugar Production Shows Sustained IncreaseMOZAMBIQUE - Since 2000, sugar production in Mozambique showed a sustained increase as economic and political stability attracted new investments in the industry. Post forecasts that this trend...
09 November 2012
Cargill Invests in Mozambique FarmersMOZAMBIQUE – Meat, food and agribusiness giant, Cargill is to invest $1.35 million in a three-year partnership with the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) to provide support for the Bilibiza Agriculture...
11 July 2012
Mozambique Rice Project Pays Off MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambique's largest irrigation scheme, at Chokwe in the Limpopo Valley, has produced about 16,000 tonnes of rice in the latest agricultural campaign....
15 June 2012
Mozambique's Sugarcane Production to IncreaseMOZAMBIQUE - Forecasts state that sugarcane production will increase to almost four million tons in the 2012/13 MY, based on an increase in hectares planted....
04 January 2012
Chinese Technology to Increase Rice YieldsMOZAMBIQUE - Mozambican Prime Minister Aires Ali has challenged the country's young people, as well as its businesses, to increase food production, by banking on the introduction of new agricultural...
29 December 2011
Chinese Technology To Increase Rice YieldsMOZAMBIQUE - Mozambican Prime Minister Aires Ali has challenged the country's young people, as well as its businesses, to increase food production, by banking on the introduction of new agricultural...
28 December 2011
Better Seeds For Better CropsMOZAMBIQUE - FAO has assisted Mozambique in stepping up quality seed production to increase crop yields, something that is crucial to unlocking the country's vast agricultural potential. ...
21 October 2011
Growth Forecast for Mozambique's Sugar and CornMOZAMBIQUE - Corn consumption is forecast to increase 27 per cent to 2015. Sugar production is also expected to grow to 2014/15 at 65 per cent to 432,000 tonnes according to a new market report....
25 January 2011
Africa Primed for Farm Investments AFRICA - Solid economic growth during the world recession has primed Africa as an investment destination, especially for agribusiness opportunities, Panmure Gordon said. ...
18 October 2010
Mozambique Has Potential as Major Sugar ExporterMOZAMBIQUE - Strong production growth is predicted for sugar, poultry, maize and sorghum in the next five years, according to a new market report. ...
03 September 2010
Soaring Commodity Prices 'Irreversible'MOZAMBIQUE – Significant price hikes in basic commodities across the southern African nation of Mozambique have sparked two days of rioting in the country's capital, but the government is refusing...
08 December 2009
Petromoc and University Research Biofuel ProductionMOZAMBIQUE - The Mozambique state oil company, Petromoc and Eduardo Mondlane University are to work together to research and production of biofuel....
01 December 2009
Jatropha Plant Planned for ZambéziaMOZAMBIQUE - A Jatropha processing plant could be built in the province of Zambézia in Mozambique....
24 November 2009
Brazil Invests in Mozambique BiofuelsMOZAMBIQUE - Brazil is to invest $6 billion in developing sugar cane ethanol in Mozambique....
20 August 2009
Govt Approves Investments in Biofuel ProductionMOZAMBIQUE - The Mozambican Government Tuesday approved two biofuel production projects for the province of Sofala, central Mozambique, as part of a strategy top reduce the country's energy dependence....
13 July 2009
Brazil Team in Mozambique for Biofuel ResearchMOZAMBIQUE - A mission from Sao Paulo University in BRazil is in Mozambique to assess the possibilities for the development of the biofuel sector....
01 June 2009
Brazil Approves Biofuel Partnership with MozambiqueMOZAMBIQUE - Brazil is to join forces with Mozambique to produce biofuels in a similar way to the one in which Brazil has invested in Angola....
14 April 2009
Mozambique Invests in Ethanol ProductionMOZAMBIQUE - Mozambique is currently investing around US$710 million ethanol production projects from raw cane sugar, according to the Centre for Agricultural Promotion (Cepagri)....
06 March 2009
Minister Sees Potential for Biofuel PlantingMOZAMBIQUE - Mozambique is gearing up to expand biofuel production and exploit the potential offered by the country's natural environment....
30 October 2008
Putting Peasants First in Food v Fuel DebateMOZAMBIQUE - The food versus fuel debate was one of the focal points of the international peasant movement La VÃa Campesina at its Fifth International Conference in Maputo Mozambique, last...
02 September 2008
Bioenergy Africa Lists on LSEMOZAMBIQUE - BioEnergy Africa Limited, formed to develop projects centred on the production of ethanol, primarily from sugar cane, listed on AIM yesterday (1 September). ...
19 August 2008
Mozambique Says Biofuel Wont Effect FoodMOZAMBIQUE - Mozambique's Agriculture Minister, Soares Nhaca, reaffirmed Friday in Beira that his government would only approve biofuel projects if they did not conflict with food production. ...
21 July 2008
African Country to Produce EthanolMOZAMBIQUE - Company Mozambique Principle Energy plans to produce 213 million litres of alcohol per year in the African country starting in 2013. Distribution should be to the domestic and foreign...
20 June 2008
Study: Mozambique's Potential in Biofuel MarketMOZAMBIQUE - According to head of the team that drew up a report on the industry's development in Mozambique, Edward Hoyt, Mozambique has "great potential" to become a world biofuel exporter....
05 June 2008
Joint Venture to Produce Jatropha-Based BiodieselMOZAMBIQUE - Canada and Mozambique, in a joint venture, plan to invest US $150 in a jatropha-based biodiesel project....
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