Mozambique aims to optimize water resources to increase agricultural production in arid zones through the new soil monitoring project, budgeted at half a million euros, a funding from Spain, announced the Ministry of Agriculture today. “In the zones where we already have water, what we will do is optimize the use of water for production (…). So, answering the question, it is exactly in the most arid zones,” said the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment, and Fisheries (MAAP), Acubar Batista, in Maputo, referring to the zones where the initiative will be implemented. The official was speaking on the sidelines of the ministry's first congress, which also served for the debate on funding for the agricultural sector, technological innovation, as well as climate resilience and the strengthening of public policies, with the potential to directly influence the increase in production, food security, and the economic development of the country. The new project, ...