Africa-Press – Angola. The Brazilian head of state, Lula da Silva, and the President of Angola, João Lourenço, will analyze proposals for bilateral reinforcement in the agricultural sector during the Angolan official’s visit to Brazil, the Brazilian government said.
“He was very excited and is awaiting the document that the entities will produce,” said Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, quoted in the local press.
A Brazilian agribusiness mission was in Angola from May 5 to 10, with the participation of around 30 Brazilian businesspeople and the Brazilian minister, who participated in government meetings and technical visits to the provinces of Luanda, Malanje and Cuanza-Norte and also meetings with representatives of the Angolan private sector to discuss forms of financing.
According to the Brazilian Government, the aim of this visit was to prepare proposals for advancing bilateral cooperation in the agricultural sector, on the eve (May 23) of the visit of the President of Angola, João Lourenço, to Brazil.
A document will be drawn up and, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, the material will be delivered to Lula da Silva during the presidential meeting on May 23.
According to the Brazilian Government, “Angola has around 35 million hectares of agricultural potential, a climate with two well-defined seasons, with a rainy season and a dry season, a flat topography, excellent for mechanization, and soils with good physical conditions, similar to those of the Brazilian Cerrado”.
Brasília will host the meeting of African Ministers from May 20 to 22, with the participation of around 50 delegations.
Around 70% of Brazilian exports to Angola come from the agribusiness sector, with emphasis on sugar and chicken, beef and pork meat, accounting for 340 of the 493 million dollars exported to the country last year.
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