The Angolan Government approves a program to support family farming, responsible for more than 80% of food products, in addition to reinforcing food security, worth 94 million euros.
The Angolan executive approved a program to support family farming and reinforce food security, worth 85 billion kwanzas (94 million euros), to increase agricultural production.
oh Program to Accelerate Family Farming and Strengthen Food Security, which will extend for the three-year period 2023-2026It aims to accelerate family production of market-oriented forest goods, reinforce levels of technical training and expand financing for family farming in a decentralized manner and increase family income, according to Jornal de Angola.
According to the president of the Board of Directors of the Agrarian Development Support Fund (FADA), Felisbela Francisco, cited by the Angolan newspaper, the program also aims to improve the levels of food and nutritional security and self-sufficiency in some food products, with the objective to reach around 196 thousand hectares of cultivated land.
At the production level, It is expected to harvest around 3,557 thousand tons of products that are part of the basic food basket and will benefit more than 660 thousand families..
The program is aimed at family farms, cooperatives and agricultural associations, as well as micro and small businesses.
TO Family farming provides more than 80% of food products. of the basic Angolan food basket.
The program provides for a set of measures, including the creation of a Single-Family Registry of Farmers, to have control over the farmers who benefit from state support.
Source: Observadora
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