"We currently have 10,000 hectares with surface rights between Cuangar and Calai", said the project manager, Miguel Récio, who added that 150 hectares of maize have already been planted.
Cited by Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA), the official said that they had an investment of more than nine million dollars, and that they would now "invest another five million" and "expand to 510 hectares".
"We have equipment on the ground, we have warehouses, we have accommodation and we already have corn, around seven tons per hectare and as of the end of this month we have already started to have product to sell", he informed.
According to the official, quoted by RNA, the project - which hired more than a hundred young locals - is preparing more than 90 hectares for the cultivation of cowpea, sorghum and wheat, with "all the irrigation, pipes, pivots mounted".
The project manager also took the opportunity to mention that they want "the fattening of cattle" and that they are verifying that the "cowpea is doing well".
He also considered that wheat is special, taking into account the conflict between Russia and Ukraine: "Wheat is something that matters, with the problems that are happening in the world, because otherwise the country will be lacking. of reaching 2000 hectares producing brutality", he added, quoted by RNA.
