The Brazilian government expressed on Monday, October 6, its intention to strengthen cooperation with Mozambique in the agricultural sector, considered a priority due to its importance for the country’s future, envisioning the creation of an Integrated Development Program.
“Brazil’s cooperation with Mozambique has multiple facets, and the agricultural sector is the most significant. Currently, our country has important agricultural productivity, which is largely a result of the development of seed technologies, soil improvement, and irrigation,” explained Carlos Sérgio Sobral Duarte, Secretary for Africa and the Middle East at Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Speaking during a meeting in Maputo with Maria Manso, Mozambique’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Mozambican Communities Abroad, the Brazilian diplomat said that Mozambique’s climate and soil conditions are similar to Brazil’s, making the transfer of agricultural technology highly relevant and strategic to boost national production.
Cited by Lusa, Carlos Duarte emphasized that bilateral cooperation will also cover other strategic sectors, notably health and urban transport, areas in which the Mozambican government expressed interest in receiving technical support and forming partnerships. “All cooperation can be enhanced through an Integrated Development Program that Brazil is already designing,” he stressed.
The official added that the two countries are studying the possibility of advancing an investment facilitation agreement as commercial relations intensify. “Agricultural cooperation will be central to Mozambique’s sustainable development, contributing to food security, job creation, and economic growth,” he concluded.
In June, it was revealed that the total trade volume between Mozambique and Brazil exceeded $100 million (6.3 billion meticais) last year, with Brazilian exports to Mozambique primarily consisting of vegetable and animal oils, machinery and transport equipment, food products, and industrial raw materials.
The data was presented by the Brazilian ambassador to Mozambique, Ademar Seabra, during a meeting with Álvaro Massingue, president of the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA).
Source: Diário Económico
