Tridge summary
Farmers in the Chókwe Irrigation Scheme in Gaza province, who grow vegetables and fresh produce, are seeking to establish processing and conservation infrastructure to enhance the profitability of their production chain. The lack of agricultural processing capacity is leading to substantial losses due to the deterioration of their produce. The failure of the Chókwe agro-industrial complex (CAIC), built a decade ago, to operate optimally and its eventual closure has exacerbated the problem, resulting in an uncertain market and doubts about profitability. Despite these challenges, farmers like Obede Mudlovo and Orlando Sitoe continue to face uncertainty about market demand and potential losses. The District Administrator of Chókwe, Eceu Muianga, has announced plans to restart the CAIC later this year, with the intention of addressing some of the farmers' concerns by absorbing tomato production.
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Farmers of vegetables and other fresh produce in the Chókwe Irrigation Scheme in Gaza province, are calling for processing and conservation infrastructure to be set up, in order to improve production chain profitability in the region. In an interview with Radio Mozambique, the farmers said that the lack of agricultural processing capacity causes them enormous losses every year, due to the deterioration of large quantities of production. They say that the construction around ten years ago of the Chókwe agro-industrial complex (CAIC) was seen as a lifeline, but the industrial unit never functioned properly and eventually ceased operations completely, leaving cabbage, kale, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, beans and potatoes with no market. Obede Mudlovo, a farmer for 20 years with 60 hectares under cultivation, hopes to produce more than 100 tons of potato in the second crop of the current agricultural season, but says that the market is uncertain and fears that he will suffer ...
Source: Clubofmozambique
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