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Zambézia to receive 20,530 farm kits for El Niño

By , based on Agência de Informação de Moçambique

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Mozambique’s Zambézia province will receive 20,530 agricultural kits to support the 2026-2027 farming season and limit the effects of the El Niño climate phenomenon. The programme will cover seven districts, with seeds, fertiliser, irrigation equipment and 5,500 silos among the supplies, according to the National Irrigation Institute, quoted by AIM.

Mozambique’s Zambézia province will receive 20,530 agricultural kits under the government plan to mitigate the effects of El Niño and strengthen the 2026-2027 farming season, National Irrigation Institute director Delfim Vilissa announced, according to the Mozambique Information Agency.

The programme includes 7,975 type 1 kits containing, among other items, maize, legumes, sweet potato seedlings, cassava cuttings and fertiliser, as well as 12,555 type 2 kits containing rice, legumes and pumpkin seeds. It will cover seven districts: Nicoadala, Namacurra, Maganja da Costa, Mopeia, Morrumbala, Milange and Derre.

The programme also provides for 42 irrigation kits for one-hectare plots and 5,500 multipurpose silos, each with a capacity of 500 kg. Nationwide, the government plans to distribute 185,500 agricultural kits and 100,000 silos. Forecasts from the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries predict below-normal rainfall in the centre and south of the country between October and December 2026, and again between January and March 2027.

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