Brazil: Minas Gerais exports technologies for cotton farming in Zimbabwe

Published 2023년 3월 9일

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The article highlights a collaborative effort between Brazil and Zimbabwe to enhance small-scale cotton production in Africa through the Cooperation Mission. Initiated in 2018, the project is backed by a $1.2 million investment, with a focus on improving cotton productivity and adopting advanced agricultural practices from Brazil. The project involves technical assistance, the transfer of mining technologies, and the establishment of Technical Demonstration Units in Zimbabwe. The initiative aims to boost Zimbabwe's low cotton yields and faces challenges such as the presence of harmful pests. The collaboration seeks to improve socioeconomic conditions in Zimbabwe by sharing knowledge and best practices from Brazil's efficient cotton industry. Zimbabwean farmer Tracey Maposa, who is participating in the program, expresses her gratitude for the opportunity to learn from Brazil and the significant improvement in her cotton production.

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Technical assistance and mining technologies are being exported to Zimbabwe, Africa, to develop the country's cotton production, especially from small-scale farmers. The exchange of knowledge is part of the Cooperation Mission between Brazil and Zimbabwe, coordinated by the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC). The MG Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company (Emater-MG), as well as the State Agricultural Research Company (Epamig), linked to the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, are participating in the mission, which began in 2018. Representatives of the two state companies have already been to Zimbabwe for a technical visit and diagnosis of the culture there, and between the 6th and 17th of March a delegation from the African country, made up of technicians, researchers, government representatives and local farmers is passing through Brazil. In Minas Gerais, they visit cotton planting areas, especially in the North of Minas, characterized by being developed ...

Source: GrupoCultivar