Mozambique: Zambezia has 14,000 tons of cereal reserves, enough for four months

Zambézia province has estimated cereal reserve of over 14,000 tons, capable of supplying the province with grain for the next four months. The latest survey, carried out in September by the Mozambique Cereal Institute (ICM ), indicates the availability of corn, rice, beans and cash crops such as sesame. Zambézia delegate of the Mozambique Cereal Institute Rosa Mandara told Notícias that there is also over 1,000 tons of various products awaiting processing, to be sold on the national market thereafter. The survey was carried out in the largest cereal-producing districts in Zambézia province, namely Mocuba, Alto Molócuè, Morrumbala, Mopeia, Guruè, Molumbo, Milange and Lugela. According to Rosa Mandara, producers say that they had surpluses available to sell in the coming months, as they were expecting better prices, since those at the beginning of the marketing campaign did not satisfy the farmers’ expectations. Meanwhile, Mandara said that in parallel with the monitoring of cereal ...