Chinese businessmen plan to set up a sesame processing and export centre to China near the Chonguene dock in Gaza province, southern Mozambique.

The plan was put forward by a delegation of Chinese businessmen who are in Gaza province as part of a visit by the vice-governor of Hubei province, Wu Haitao.

Initially, the Chinese intend to support Gaza province by supplying qualified seed and transferring technology for the production of sesame, a crop considered to have a high commercial yield.

The Chinese businessmen are also committed to absorbing all sesame production, which is why they have asked the Gaza provincial government to mass-produce this crop among producers.

Reacting to this claim, the governor of Gaza, Margarida Mapandzene Chongo, assured the Chinese businessmen that the government is already working on massifying sesame cultivation in all the districts of the province, especially in the north.

(Source: Mozambique Information Agency)