The implementation of new technologies in production justifies this increase, as Vitorino Carneiro, an agronomist, told Angop.
According to the engineer, at the moment, approximately 2000 bunches of this fruit are removed daily from the aforementioned farm – which is located in the commune of Mussera, in the municipality of Nzeto, in Zaire –, with the production being flown to the interior municipalities of the province of Zaire and also to Luanda and Huambo.
However, the farm doesn't just produce bananas. The agricultural enterprise, he said, is also dedicated to the large-scale production of vegetables, mainly cabbage and lettuce, producing around one ton per day.
Furthermore, 25 hectares of the farm's 275 hectares are dedicated to the cultivation of dragon fruit, thus making up the crops produced there.
Livestock farming is another branch of activity on the farm. Quoted by Angop, Vitorino Carneiro made it known that the agricultural infrastructure has more than 4000 heads of sheep, slaughtering ten animals per week, with the meat being sold in some supermarkets in Luanda.
With regard to difficulties, the engineer cited the lack of energy from the public network, which has generated high costs with the purchase of fuel: "The farm is powered in terms of electrical energy by a generator set that consumes 250 liters/hour of diesel oil. There are a lot of expenses to maintain the normal functioning of the project", he said.
Employing 966 people, more than half of whom (60 percent) are women, the aforementioned farm was visited by Adriano Mendes de Carvalho, governor of Zaire, who took a long x-ray of the space.
It is also worth noting that this farm, according to Angop, already made bananas travel across borders to some European countries, but these exports were interrupted about a year ago in order to serve the domestic market.
