Mozambique: Nipepe authorities expect a harvest of 7,000 tons of cashew nuts this year

The district of Nipepe, in the northern province of Niassa, expects to harvest seven thousand tons of cashew nuts from an area of 11 thousand hectares in this year's agricultural harvest, as a result of cashew tree treatment campaigns associated with the promotion of the crop. According to an article published this Saturday, August 17, by the Mozambican Information Agency, this quantity represents an increase of one thousand tons compared to the previous campaign in which the region produced six thousand tons. The data was provided by the director of the District Services of Economic Activities (SDAE) in Nipepe, Nandinho Manuel, as part of the commitment to mass production of cashew nuts in the province. The official pointed to the spraying of cashew nuts against lily as being the reason for the increase in cashew nut production in the region. He said that in order to strengthen the crop, in the current agricultural campaign, the district planted four thousand cashew tree ...