Mozambique targets 100,000 tons of cashew in 2016

he Mozambican government says the 2015/2016 cashew sales campaign is expected to reach 100,000 tons.This will amount to an improvement of 23 percent over the previous year, according to the Economic and Social Plan for 2016 seen by APA on Monday.
The plan also suggests that the seed cotton sales year should, in turn, total 70,000 tons, similar to the previous campaign.
The Economic and Social Plan recently approved by the country’s parliament forecasts that the agricultural sector in 2016 will register growth of 6.5 percent, as a result of investment in the sector, including the availability of improved seeds and technical support to producers.
The figures cited by the plan suggests that grain production is expected to grow to 2.8 million tons, which represents 13.4 percent, 2.1 million tons of corn, 450,000 tons of rice and 730,000 tons of legumes, up 11.5 percent year on year.
The document approved by the Mozambican parliament says production levels had risen after an increase in cultivation areas, agricultural mechanisation, use of animal traction, improved seeds and use of fertilisers and pesticides.

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