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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Niassa suffers from a lack of funding in the agricultural sector, failing the provincial economy and that of the country itself. And soaring fuel prices resulting from the war between Russia and Ukraine means that resources are increasingly scarce.<\/p>\n

The president of the Mozambican Tax Authority, Am\u00e9lia Muendane, says that Niassa province has the capacity to transform the national economy on the basis of its resources. But for that to happen, human intervention is required.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we look at Niassa\u2019s potential, the province would be able to supply the entire country. Nobody will come to develop Mozambique for us. This generation has to make a difference,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The province was once considered the breadbasket of the country on the basis of its climatic conditions, the diversity of its mineral resources and its agricultural potential.<\/p>\n

Weak production<\/b><\/p>\n

Muendane explained that, despite being one of the benchmark provinces in terms of meeting revenue targets, Niassa has one of the lowest national revenue targets, producing the equivalent of only two months\u2019 worth of neighbouring Cabo Delgado.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if the Mozambican state decided today that everything that Niassa collects in revenue would be used for the development of the province, it would still not be able to build a road,\u201d she complains.<\/p>\n

For Inoc\u00eancio Sotomane, president of the Niassa Business Council, making Niassa the breadbasket of the nation would be a great challenge requiring an adequate restructuring of the productive system.<\/p>\n

\u201cStructuring the production system means looking at the entire value chain and trying to find what we are more competitive with in relation to other provinces, and capitalising on exactly these aspects,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lack of sale and disposal of products<\/b><\/p>\n

Jorge Paix\u00e3o, a producer of Sustenta, a national program for the integration of family farming into productive value chains, explains that farmers exemplify the vast diversity of production in the province as proof of the region\u2019s agricultural potential, but rues the lack of any market for their products.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now we have a lot of maize, soybeans, peanuts, beans, etc. The market is scarce because of the price. We have a quantity of corn that we are not able to put on the market yet. Farmers don\u2019t have the money to absorb all these products from small producers to put on the market,\u201d he laments.<\/p>\n

The producer also believes that \u201cthe problem at the moment is funding to support the purchase of products from small farmers, who are left with many products rotting in warehouses\u201d.<\/p>\n

Many deficits to be filled<\/b><\/p>\n

Economist Steven Manuel told DW Africa that many deficits still need to be filled to allow the province to become a distributor of food products to other parts of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order for there to be greater adherence to production, commercialization and exploitation of the potential that Niassa province offers, there is a need for access to information and also the implementation of policies that are more comprehensive, both for the formal and informal sectors, allowing both to exploit all these potentialities and contribute to the province\u2019s revenue,\u201d the economist says.<\/p>\n

Niassa is Mozambique\u2019s largest province, with an abundance of mineral resources not yet fully exploited, especially gold, coal, marbles, red granite and semi-precious gemstones. In geographic terms, Lake Niassa, Africa\u2019s third largest, stands out.<\/p>\n

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