One year after financing was granted to nearly 300,000 farmers in eight provinces, and an increase was registered in the production of the main food crops in Mozambique, applications for the Sustenta National Program for the Integration of Family Agriculture in Value Chains, 2021/2022 agrarian campaign, began this week.
Food production in the country increased from 14 million tons to 16 million during the 2020/2021 agrarian campaign, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, as a result of the financing of technological packages to 291,241 Emerging Small Commercial Farmers (PACEs) and Small Farmers (PAs), combined with technical assistance. The increase in food production and cash crops also resulted in a significant increase in the income of 59,040 households. In rice production, for example, farmers’ incomes increased by 650 %; maize producers saw their incomes rise by 292%, and sunflower crop earnings increased by 248%.
After reaching 103 districts in the provinces of Niassa, Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambézia, Tete, Manica, Sofala and Gaza, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security plans to extend Sustenta funding to the entire country, on Monday, August 30, issuing public calls for Mozambicans wishing to boost agricultural production.
Any small farmer willing to
farm an area between 1.5 to 9 hectares, must submit his application to the
Extension Agent in his locality or through the PACE scheme, development company
or industry in his region. Applicants for PACE must already cultivate an area
equal to or greater than 10 hectares and submit their application to the
District Service for Economic Activity in the region where they reside. Industries
and companies seeking funding to boost the agrarian development that they are
already carrying out must present their applications at the Provincial Services
for Economic Activity in the areas where they operate or at the offices of the
National Sustainable Development Fund (FNDS).
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