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Due to its geographical location, Mozambique serves as a transit point for outgoing or incoming commodities to neighboring land-locked countries. Hence the significant quantities of MB use in pre-shipment
Mozambique has been experiencing a substantial increase in tobacco production since middle 90's. MB is predominantly used in control of pest diseases, particularly nematodes which constitute a major constraint in tobacco production. Currently, tobacco is grown I the form of contract farming by about 120,000 small-scale farmers through out the northern provinces of Niassa, Cabo, Delgado, Nampula and Central provinces of Tete, Manica and Sofala |