Angola’s agricultural production grows 5% in 2020

The national agricultural production registered, in 2020, a growth in the order of 5 percent compared to the year of 2019, the minister of State for Economic Coordination, Manuel Nunes Júnior announced. Without releasing any figures, the minister – who was speaking at a meeting with local businesspersons – clarified that such data, despite being provisional, reveal the positive impact of the government’s policies aiming at the maximization of domestic production, despite the unfavorable factors, with a focus on the health crisis caused by Covid-19. “The bet on national production is no longer merely a discursive expression, but a practice at all levels”, he stressed, adding that the strategy begins to be increasingly internalized by Angolans, aiming at changing the country’s economic structure. As a result, he noted the reduction of food imports by 24 percent in 2020, meaning an increase in the consumption of national production. The minister emphasized the continuous march in ...