Follow us for latest news from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (
@FAO
) in Mozambique. Follow our Director General
@FAODG
.
Despite challenges this season (low/late rainfall), Sofala's rice growers see promising results! Thanks to
@FAO
support, yields are on track to match last year's impressive 4t/ha average, with peaks of up to 5t/ha🤩!
Our micro-projects in Alto Molócuè, Zambezia province🇲🇿, are moving forward💡!
@FAO
-backed Farmer Field Schools gear up with motor pumps for vegetable production on significant areas, while others finish broiler aviaries.
#PROMOVEAgribiz
🇪🇺
🐝 It's
#WorldBeeDay
! This year's theme "Bee engaged with Youth" highlights the importance of involving young people in beekeeping and pollinator conservation efforts, recognizing them as the future stewards of our environment. 📷
Did you know today is
#WorldBeeDay
? 🐝🐝
Here are 3⃣ tips from environmentalist, animator and
@AsaliMovie
creator and director
@mayasideas
, and
@FAO
on how you can save our real world bees and other power pollinators!
🐝Bees are our tiny
#FoodHeroes
. Without them most of the food we eat wouldn't exist.
⚠️But bees are in danger. Beekeepers around the world are working to protect them.
👩🌾🐝To all those unsung heroes we say, THANK YOU!
#WorldBeeDay
#SaveTheBees
The
@FAO
Representative, Mr.
@jlfernandezfil
held a meeting with the President of National Statistics Institute🇲🇿. The two institutions have an historical collaboration in the area of agricultural statistics and more recently, on
#SDGs
monitoring.
#partnerships
🤝
.
@FAO
team held a courtesy visit to the Ambassador of China🇨🇳 in Mozambique🇲🇿, H.E. Wang Hejun. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss cooperation in the agricultural sector, expanding to Mozambique the long experience of this collaboration in other countries.
#partnerships
The
@FAO
Representative, Mr.
@jlfernandezfil
, met the Ambassador of China🇨🇳 in Mozambique🇲🇿, H.E. Wang Hejun, to discuss priorities and opportunities for collaboration.
#partnerships
🤝
.
@FAO
supported the INGD
@ICalamidades
-Gaza delegation🇲🇿 in developing the Drought Anticipatory Action Plan (AAP) for 2 semi-arid districts affected by
#ElNi
ño. Team composed by INGD, INAM, MADER, Health, Education, District technicians with the Massangena Administrator.
Engaging discussions to refine and use the Rift Valley Fever Decision Support Tool (RVF-DST).
@FAO
and
@USAID
🇲🇿 working together to bolster readiness and response tactics against this pressing animal threat!
#RiftValleyFever
#ECTAD
Under the anchored Fish Aggregating Devices (aFAD) pilot project funded by
@NorwayInMoz
-
@FAO
will distribute new fishing gears to Mecufi district trained fishers to use the new fishing methods around aFADs🎣🐟
The FAO Representative, Mr.
@jlfernandezfil
visited the anchored Fish Aggregating Device (aFAD) pilot project funded by
@NorwayMFA
@NorwayInMoz
in Mecufi district, where FAO is implementing new methods for fishing around aFADS, and training local fishers for the last three weeks
.
@FAO
and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
#MADER
held a meeting to discuss the rice value chain🌾🌾🌾, one of the priority crops in Mozambique🇲🇿.
The
@FAO
Representative🇲🇿 held a courtesy meeting with the Provincial Director of Agriculture and Fisheries and team in Cabo Delgado, following up on current projects and strengthening
@FAO
support to the Government.
#CaboDelgado
🤝
During a field mission to Cabo Delgado🇲🇿, the
@FAO
Representative met the Secretary of State of the Province, reaffirming FAO´s commitment to continue supporting Government interventions in agriculture and fisheries sectors, in benefit of the population of
#CaboDelgado
🤝.
We´re in a consultation workshop between
@FAO
, private sector & civil society in preparation to support the Mozambican Government🇲🇿 in updating the national legislation on the carbon trade🤝!!
A mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
@iaeaorg
accompanied by MADER visited
@FAOMozambique
to discuss collaboration in the fields of common interest such as food safety, animal health, and plant breeding.
#Partnerships
🤝
Thrilled about our Training of Trainers of the
@FAO
Global Programme 'Soil Doctors'! 20 FAO staff, SDAEs and universities will train 130 'Soil Doctors' and 3000 farmers will acquire sustainable soil management skills!
#soils
#soildoctors
✅Harvest time: this is the happiest period for our farmers😄.
@FAO
works for a
#Betterproduction
ensuring sustainable production and consumption patterns. Efficient and inclusive food and agriculture supply chains at local level & beyond🌽🌽🌽
#harvest
#maize
Ismo Virgílio from Zambezia🇲🇿 can celebrate🥳: the sesame seed field from the
@FAO
-backed seed multiplier has been approved✅ by the provincial inspector. The inspection at the flowering stage of the crop is crucial to guarantee varietal purity of the seeds🌱
#PROMOVEAgribiz
🇪🇺