The article highlights the challenges faced by farmers in Gaza province, Mozambique, in optimizing rice production due to poor irrigation management and inadequate funding of the Chókwè Irrigation System's managing public company, Hidráulica de Chókwè Empresa Pública (HICEP). These issues have led to the underutilization of farming lands, resulting in significantly lower rice yields. Farmers are experiencing recurring problems, the latest being the poor maintenance of water circulation channels, which have led to the growth of vegetation and the flooding of fields. Temporary solutions have been implemented through private funding, but a permanent solution is anticipated later in May, with funding from the National Fund for Sustainable Development. The government is investigating similar issues in other production schemes across the country.