News stories by Amos Zacarias

MAPUTO, May 20 (IPS) - Mozambique, which was affected by an unprecedented two tropical cyclones over a matter of weeks, is still reeling from the impact a month after the latest disaster. But resultant devastation caused by the cyclones could impact the country's elections as concerns are raised over whether the southern African nation can properly hold the ballot scheduled for later this year.

MAPUTO, Mar 12 (IPS) - Some of the technological excellence that revolutionised Brazil's tropical agriculture is reaching small producers in Mozambique. But it is not enough to compensate for the underfinancing of the sector.

NAMPULA, Mozambique, Dic 28 (IPS) - Rodolfo Razão, an elderly small farmer in Mozambique, obtained an official land usage certificate for his 10 hectares in 2010, but he has only been able to use seven. The rest was occupied by a South African company that grows soy, maize and beans on some 10,000 hectares in the northeast of the country.