The official – speaking to ANGOP within the scope of the 5th Potato Fair and the 12th of Christmas, taking place in Lubango since Wednesday – clarified that before the production was two to three times higher than the current one.
Among the reasons behind this reduction, she added, is the fact that most plants have an advanced lifespan, related to the scarcity of treatment for their conservation and sustainable development.
Indicating that each producer has between three and five pear trees planted, the official said that they are also "encouraging producers" to carry out new plantations of the fruit, leaving the promise that they will train them "on new techniques" with the aim of increasing the production.
"We are encouraging producers to plant new fruit plantations and we are going to train them on new techniques, in order to increase the level of production", she said, quoted by Angop.
At the level of Huíla province, this quality of pear has been produced since colonial times only in Humpata, with larger quantities in the communes of Neves, Alto Bimbi and a portion in the municipal headquarters, writes Angop.
Originally called 'Pêra Santo António', this fruit was baptized 'Pêra Natal' because it begins to ripen at the end of November and is picked during December, unlike the other 11 varieties produced in the municipality.
According to the official, in this period the demand for fruit is high, especially by residents of the municipality of Humpata, of other municipalities of the province and also of several other areas of the country, due to its sweet and, in certain cases, floury taste, writes to Angop.
