Mozambique: Pacheco Claims Mozambique Can Still Export Pigeon Peas

Maputo — Once again, the Mozambican and Indian governments have insisted that Mozambique is still able to export pigeon peas to India, despite reports that surpluses of this crop are rotting in the fields.

Last week, the Indian-owned Export Trading Group (ETG), which buys pigeon peas from peasant farmers and processes them for export, announced that it was ceasing activities at its factories in Beira, Nampula, Nacala and Gurue, supposedly because it had become impossible to sell the crop in its main market, India.

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