Gaza: Mandlakazi to harvest 35 thousand tons of corn

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Gaza: Mandlakazi to harvest 35 thousand tons of corn

2:14 CAT | 15 Aug 2016

Notícias

The Mandlakazi district in Gaza province expects to harvest 35 000 tons of maize by the end of September.

District Director of Economic Activities Ibrahimo Nurmamad says 61,000 hectares were sewn over the two growing seasons. Of these, 46,600 hectares were harvested and the remaining 1,800 were lost due to a variety of factors, including the weather.

The Administrative Office of Chibonzane stood out in the current campaign with an estimated 20,000 tons of various products, with a project funded by South African investors contributing substantially to the figure.

Corn produced in this part of Gaza province is bagged and sold locally to buyers from neighbouring districts and from Maputo and Inhambane provinces.

Nurmamad considers that the district is on track to eliminate the shortages of corn in Mandlakazi and elsewhere in Gaza province.

The existence of vast areas suitable for agriculture, irrigation systems for the long-term conservation of water and interventions assisting farmers are all factors that have enabled the achievement of record results in the district’s agricultural crops.

Nurmamad also says that, alongside the record maize production figures, the district has also posted excellent results in the production of sprouts, sweet potatoes, cassava, peanuts, lettuce and cowpea.

However, the poor state of some farm roads requires intervention in order to improve the flow of production to retail and consumer markets.

Source: Notícias