{"id":22482,"date":"2022-07-07T15:40:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/madal-invests-in-reviving-coconut-groves-in-zambezia"},"modified":"2022-07-07T15:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:56:04","slug":"madal-invests-in-reviving-coconut-groves-in-zambezia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/madal-invests-in-reviving-coconut-groves-in-zambezia","title":{"rendered":"Madal invests in reviving coconut groves in Zamb\u00e9zia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Over 31,000 hectares (76,602 acres) of coconut plantations in five districts of Zamb\u00e9zia province are being renovated by the Madal Group.<\/p>\n

The objective of Madal, a Mozambican company with an annual investment of around 64 million meticais, is to explore the potential for the production and sale of coconut in Zamb\u00e9zia province.<\/p>\n

The Madal Group signed a protocol with Zambeze University last week for the joint implementation of an integrated coconut palm repopulation project covering the districts of Chinde, Maganja da Costa, Inhassunge, Pebane and Nicoadala.<\/p>\n

The agreement is valid for four years, and provides for the involvement of students and teachers of the university\u2019s Agricultural and Forestry Engineering courses.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Madal Group administrator Jo\u00e3o Lameiras recalled that Zamb\u00e9zia was once the largest producer of coconuts in Mozambique, and home to one of the largest palm plantations in the world.<\/p>\n

Today, Lameiras said, a large part of the vast coconut plantations which formed the basis of the province\u2019s economy had been destroyed by the lethal leaf-yellowing disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe protocol we just signed will allow us to carry out research into the causes of lethal yellowing and define solutions, returning Zamb\u00e9zia to its status as largest coconut producer in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Joao Lamieras also said that Madal intended to re-assert itself as \u201ca successful commercial enterprise of agricultural and forestry development, setting environmentally friendly standards of social responsibility\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want these actions to result in community growth and in equitable and integrated improvements in the gross domestic product (GDP) and in local infrastructure, so that we have sustainable gains in income, education and opportunities in economic alternatives,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

In turn, the Rector of UniZambeze, Bettencourt Preto Sebasti\u00e3o Capece said that his institution would honour the protocol signed through the production and dissemination of science, technology, culture, research and extension, focusing on natural and social sciences and valuing human knowledge for the country\u2019s sustainable development.<\/p>\n

The memorandum gives Zambeze University the role of identifying and making available students and faculty in the areas of Agronomic and Forestry Engineering to develop research studies on coconut palms in agroforestry systems and edit technical manuals for use by Madal.<\/p>\n

It will also supervise the activities of students and ensure the implementation of the project in the terms defined, as well as producing and making available reports and scientific information resulting from the experience of implementing the initiative.<\/p>\n

The province of Zamb\u00e9zia meanwhile continues to lose coconut plantation acreage to the lethal palm leaf-yellowing disease.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. Over 31,000 hectares (76,602 acres) of coconut plantations in five districts of Zamb\u00e9zia province are being renovated by the Madal Group. The objective of Madal, a Mozambican company with an annual investment of around 64 million meticais, is to explore the potential for the production and sale of coconut in Zamb\u00e9zia province. 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