Despite floods, domestic sugar requirements can be met in Mozambique

There is enough sugar in Mozambique to supply domestic requirements despite the flooding last month which affected thousands of hectares of sugar cane in Maputo province. Agriculture Minister Celso Correia on Monday overflew the devastated sugar fields of Maragra, in Manhica, where 51 per cent of the total area was lost due to the floods. But even with this scale of destruction, according to a report in Tuesday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Noticias”, sugar producers are guaranteeing that there will be no impact on the domestic market, in terms of the availability of sugar. “We are comforted to learn from private business that there will be no shortage of sugar in the country, and there is no forecast of any price increase, at least not for now”, said Correia. He was speaking in the flood-stricken town of Boane, where he delivered production inputs to around 12,000 producers affected by the February floods However, the government recognizes that the situation will prejudice the ...