Angola: Cassete Farm to Harvest 24,000 Tons of Pineapple

Published 2020년 8월 24일

Tridge summary

The Cassete farm, located 45 km off Saurimo city, is projected to harvest 24,000 tons of pineapple for the 2019/2020 agricultural season, a significant increase from the previous period's 8,000 tons. The farm, spanning 200 hectares and employing 20 national workers, also plans to produce 10,000 tons of cabbage and five tonnes of chilli. Additionally, the farm will raise 100 cattle and create six tanks for tilapia and catfish. The managing partner, Armindo Moreira, has expressed frustration with the banking system's bureaucracy and has financed the project solely through his own investments.
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Saurimo — The Cassete farm, located 45 km off Saurimo city (Lunda Sul), plans to harvest, in this 2019/2020 agricultural season, 24,000 tons of pineapple, compared to the 8,000 in the previous period. With a production of more than 7,000 pineapple trees, the Cassete farm has a total area of 200 hectares, being 150 planted with fruit. It is also expected to produce 10,000 tons of cabbage and five tonnes of chilli According to the managing partner, Armindo Moreira, the farm currently employs 20 national workers, with an annual investment of over 160 million Kwanzas, for various investments and equipment maintenance. In an interview with ANGOP, Armindo Moreira informed that, besides chili, cabbage and pineapple, the farm is betting on the planting of tomatoes, tubers (cassava, reindeer and sweet beans), green beans, creation of six tanks of tilapia and catfish, as ...
Source: All Africa

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