Mozambique: CTA calls for new dynamism in agriculture
US$17 million lost in agriculture & hydroelectric plant offline due to lack of water in Corumana dam, Maputo
1:00 CAT | 06 Apr 2016
More than US$17 million in agricultural output has been lost as a result of lack of water in the Corumana dam in Maputo province’s Moamba district, and farmers fear an even more worrying scenario if no rain falls in the near future.
Speaking during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Great Maputo Region water supply expansion project on Monday, Calisto Mabote, Director of the Incomati Basin Management Unit, said agricultural production alone had sustained US$17 million in damages, and the 16.2 megawatt hydroelectric plant attached to the dam has gone offline.
The Corumana dam has a current capacity of 881,000 million litres, but the current situation has revived plans to raise capacity to 1,240 million cubic metres.
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