Carlos Fávaro is leading an official mission whose main objective is to strengthen agricultural relations between Portuguese-speaking countries and to participate in the Angola-Brazil Agro Forum on Friday, according to a statement from the Brazilian government.
On Thursday, the Brazilian minister is scheduled to meet with the new Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Isaac Francisco Maria dos Anjos, and with the Minister of State for the Coordination of the Economy, José de Lima Massano.
The aim of the Friday Forum is to "promote the exchange of experiences, strengthen strategic partnerships and explore business opportunities between the two countries, connecting entrepreneurs, experts and leaders in the agricultural sector", the statement reads.
There will be meetings with entrepreneurs who operate in agribusiness in the region, "aiming to expand cooperation and foster the sustainable development of the sector", the Brazilian authorities detailed.
The strengthening of the agricultural partnership between the two countries has been highlighted by the Brazilian head of state, Lula da Silva, and his counterpart João Lourenço.
On 17 November, the President of the Republic was received in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, on the sidelines of the G20 summit, a group of the 20 largest economies in the world, in a bilateral meeting in which the two leaders discussed "support for the agricultural sector, especially family farming, and larger-scale production, with technical cooperation and in seeds".
According to data sent to Lusa by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, in the first eight months of the year, Brazil exported around 230 million dollars (220 million euros) in agricultural products to Angola, 46 percent of which was meat and 42 percent was sugarcane-based products.
This is a considerably higher figure than that recorded last year, when Angola, in the first eight months of 2023, purchased around 148 million dollars (142 million euros) in Brazilian agricultural products.
In 2023, Brazil exported more than 224 million dollars (214 million euros) to Angola, "with meat representing 64 percent of that total" and with sugarcane-derived products accounting for 17 percent of Brazilian agricultural exports to that country, detailed the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
In addition to Carlos Fávaro, the Brazilian delegation includes the president of the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil), Jorge Viana, the president of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Silvia Massruhá, the ambassador and director of Trade Promotion, Investments and Agriculture of Itamaraty, Alex Giacomelli, and the secretary of Commerce and International Relations of Mapa, Luís Rua.
