Angola announced plans to produce over 6 million tons of grain by 2027

Angola wants to produce more than six million tonnes of grains by 2027, forecasting an average annual investment of 670 million dollars to produce wheat, rice, soybeans and maize, the government announced this Tuesday. According to the Secretary of State for the Economy, Ivan Marques dos Santos, who this Tuesday presented the National Plan for the Promotion of Grain Production, PlanaGrão, in addition to investment in production, another 471 million dollars will be made available annually for construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure to support the productive and social sector. In 2021, Angola produced more than three million tons of grains, and by 2027, production is expected to reach five million tons of cereals, to which another million tons of grains from selected leguminous crops should be added, said the official, quoted in a communiqué from the Ministry of Economy and Planning. To materialize the plan, public and private funds will be mobilized, including an ...