Mozambique: The country's capital city loses around 47,000 jobs by importing potatoes, onions, and tomatoes

The country's capital city loses around 47,000 jobs by importing potatoes, onions and tomatoes. The information was provided by the Mozambican Chamber of Commerce during the 1st Agriculture Forum in Maputo City. In the 2020/2021 agricultural campaign, Maputo City produced a total of 173,483 tons of various crops, against 164,000 tons in 2019/2020, which represents a growth of five percent. Meanwhile, the Mozambican Chamber of Commerce says the country still depends on imports and there are considerable losses in Maputo City. “We would need 20 thousand people to produce these 51 thousand tons of potatoes that we are importing. In tomatoes, there are 12 thousand posts and, in onions, 15 thousand posts. In total, the country's capital loses around 47,000 jobs by importing potatoes, onions and tomatoes,” said Hipólito Hamela, financial advisor at the Mozambique Chamber of Commerce. In turn, the Secretariat of State in Maputo City, aware of the problems caused by dependence on imports, ...