Mozambique: Crop losses will put the lives of more than 189,000 small farmers in jeopardy

Published 2022년 5월 30일

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The 2021-2022 agricultural campaign in Mozambique has been devastated by extreme weather conditions, including heavy rains, flooding, and drought, impacting over 244,000 hectares of crops across nine provinces. This disaster is threatening the livelihoods of over 189,000 small farmers, primarily in the southern and central provinces. The adverse weather conditions have damaged maize, beans, and groundnuts, with the southern region experiencing drought and the north facing heavy rainfall. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has emphasized the importance of improving farmers' access to climate information to better manage agricultural activities and has called for enhancing the early warning system and agro-climatic capacity. The impact of these natural phenomena on water availability for crop growth varies greatly across the provinces, with some facing high crop water satisfaction while others are grappling with less than 50% water availability.

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In the Mozambican agricultural campaign 2021-2022, strong rains, flooding, storms, and drought have affected just over 244,000 hectares of various crops. Crop losses will put the lives of more than 189,000 small farmers in jeopardy, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The severe rain injured maize, beans, and groundnuts in 95 districts across the southern provinces of Maputo, Gaza, and Inhambane, the central provinces of Manica, Tete, Sofala, and Zambezia, and the northern province of Nampula. According to Hiten Jantilal, of the National Directorate of Agriculture, quoted in Thursday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Notícias”, the impact of natural phenomena has shown the need to improve farmers’ access to climate information, to help them make decisions and manage their activities. “There is a need to improve the early warning mechanism for small producers and strengthen the capacity to provide agro-climatic information,” Jantilal said, stressing ...

Source: Moz-agri