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ANGOLA – The Angolan National Authority for Economic Inspection and Food Safety (ANIESA) has seized three tons of maize meal from the brands “TOP’S and “Extra Fina” which were claimed to be in ‘poor condition’ and posed a food safety hazard to the consumers. According to Dário José, an official in ANIESA, the tons correspond to 134 bags of cornmeal…
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ANGOLA – The Angolan Strategic Food Reserve (REA) has partnered with Carrinho Agri, an agricultural transformation company, to purchase more than 10,000 tons of corn from local farmers in a quest to attain self-sufficiency in local markets. According to Jornal de Angola, the purchases by Carrinho Agri in this cycle would correspond to a total of 1.3 billion kwanzas (US$2.5M),…
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ANGOLA – An Angolan company, Marsiris, targets to harvest about 5000 tonnes of rice starting April in an effort to increase domestic production and help in achieving food self-sufficiency in the country. Founded in 2020, Marsiris invested US$5 million in partnership with the Chinese multinational Yuan’s Hi-Tech Seed CO LTD. The project has 600 hectares planted in the municipality of…
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ANGOLA – Yuan’s Hi-Tech Seed CO LTD, one of the world’s leading specialists in the cultivation of rice production, has expressed interest in investing in Angola, as part of its global growth strategy, according to Journal de Angola Rice is among the most consumed cereal crops in Angola, coming after corn and cassava at a consumption of 7.3 kg per…
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ANGOLA – Angola’s food import bill jumped to US$2.8 billion in 2022 thanks to a significant jump in food prices in the international market, Statistics director of the National Bank of Angola (BNA) Joel Futi has revealed. According to Futi, food prices accounted for 40% of the rise in the food import bill while volumes only accounted for 13.6%. Rice,…
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ANGOLA – Sanabel, one of the milling companies in Angola, has taken charge of operations at a 350 tonne per day (TPD) milling facility supplied by Italian milling equipment supplier Ocrim. According to a report by World Grain, the company which ventured into milling two years ago, recently tested the mill located in Angola’s capital Luanda, signifying a successful completion…
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ANGOLA- Jardins da Yoba, a leading Angolan seed production expert, has announced plans to increase the production of improved maize seeds by expanding planting hectarage to 550. The company, which is also the only certified by the National Seed Service to produce tuber seeds, also intends to plant 200 hectares of reindeer potatoes. In a statement, the company commited to…
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ANGOLA – Angola has announced plans to invest US$5.7 billion in various agriculture-focused projects under the National Plan for Grain Production dubbed PlanaGrao with an overall goal of raising grain production to 6 million tonnes by 2027. The plan revealed by the Ministry of Economy and Planning is aimed at reducing dependence on grain imports which eat into the country’s…
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