Fact Sheet

The Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute, through its new variety introduction and evaluation programme, have identified a tomato variety Jupiter adapted to both humid and sub-humid regions of the island. Jupiter is a semideterminate cooking tomato variety with high-yielding potential and suitable for both fresh market and processing. The plant bears long oblong fruits which are preferred by growers and highly appreciated by consumers.

Onion 243 is a short-day yellow hybrid variety with high yield potential and is suitable for storage. Plants have a uniform fall over of leaves at maturity. Bulbs are globular, uniform, medium-sized, and firm. Yield is comparable to hybrid varieties which are commercially cultivated locally. The variety adapts well to onion-growing regions except in coastal areas having sandy soil.

Guidelines for Extraction of Tomato Seeds

Fluazifop-P-butyl 150 g/L is a systemic, post-emergence herbicide that can be used for the control of annual and perennial grasses. Trials carried out at the FAREI on the effect of fluazifop-P-butyl on these two types of grasses have shown that the herbicide is not phytotoxic to crops such as potato, onion, carrot, creepers, peanut, and banana, as well as non-gramineae ornamentals. Weeds turn yellow or red and weed control is usually completed within 3 to 5 weeks after application

Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important staple food in Mozambique but its production is facing constraints such as drought, floods, cyclones, soil infertility, diseases, and pests, being drought one of the most limiting factor. To meet the challenge of producing under such conditions, it is important to invest on breeding programs to produce maize varieties that are resistant and adaptable to the present agroecological conditions. Maize is a C4 plant that evolved a biochemical mechanism of concentrating CO2 to overcome the oxygenase activity of Rubisco, which makes C4 plants photosynthetically more efficient than C3 plants. We Hypothesized that the levels of enzymes involved in photosynthesis (PEPC, PPDK, NADP-ME, and RubisCO) and their Post Translational Modifications (PTMs) correlate with the photosynthetic capacity of maize plants under drought stress. To examine their potential role as molecular markers for drought tolerance, we will make use of cutting-edge proteomics techniques. We will also provide data on agronomic performance and nutritional quality of the maize grain grown under the Greenhouse conditions in ITQB and under the local practices and agroecological conditions in Mozambique. We will use maize B73 as a control to test three varieties from Mozambique: Matuba, ZM523, and ZM 309. The main goal of the present project is to contribute with knowledge and important data that can be added to Mozambique’s maize breeding programs.

Farmers and other actors in agricultural value chains need significant amounts of information to implement Climate Smart Agriculture. Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and Digitalization can play a key role in knowledge exchange, targeting recommendations, market integration and access to finance.

Agricultores e outros actores nas cadeias de valor agrícolas precisam de quantidades significativas de informação para implementar a Agricultura Climaticamente Inteligente. As Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) podem desempenhar um papel chave no intercâmbio de conhecimentos, apresentação de recomendações, integração de mercado e acesso ao financiamento. Isso pode tornar a agricultura um empreendimento lucrativo e atraente para jovens agricultores e outros.

This poster highlights the impact of APPSA in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique with support from the World Bank

This poster highlights the crop varieties which APPSA has released in Mozambique with support from the World Bank

This poster highlight the work that APPSA did in Zambia under the Food Legumes Regional Centre of Leadership (RCoL ). It also shows all the crop varieties released under the APPSA with  support from the World Bank