Angola's coffee is re-emerging

Published 2022년 4월 15일

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Angola is making strides to restore its former glory as a major coffee producer, with two local companies, Café Cazengo and Fazenda Vissolela, expanding into the global market. Café Cazengo, located in an agricultural hub east of the capital, has revitalized coffee cultivation and is providing support to growers, accounting for half of the country's coffee production. Larger commercial farms like Vissolela, which specializes in specialty coffee, are also contributing to the sector's growth. The industry's resurgence is backed by an EU-UN program aimed at expanding the private sector and diversifying Angola's economy, which heavily relies on agriculture and oil. Research institutions like CIRAD have identified significant potential in Angola's coffee industry, attributing its success to the geographical and natural conditions suitable for coffee cultivation.
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In Global Angola this time around, we’ve been following how Angola is trying to regain its title of being one of the world’s biggest coffee producers. In the 1970s, about a quarter of a million tons of the original Angolan black gold was produced each year. Let’s see how two Angolan companies are now expanding into the world market. Coffee lovers around the world have long loved Angolan coffee, which is now back. There is an expansion in the areas of historic coffee production. According to experts, Café Cazengo in the agricultural center east of the capital is one of the most dynamically developing coffee growers. "In colonial times, coffee moved the economy. The municipality was built on coffee. We mainly export to the United States, but we also have a website where we sell internationally," said Camila Paula, the company's commercial director. Camila Paula relies on Brazilian roots. In the early 19th century, a Brazilian began growing coffee here. By the 70s, production was ...
Source: HuEuroNews

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