September 25, 2024

Angola seeks China's help to establish aquaculture industry

Angola's Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, António de Assis, is calling for Chinese assistance to help his country develop its aquaculture sector.

In an interview with the Daily Economic News during the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Assis said the development of aquaculture, including shrimp production, was one of the plans of the Angolan government, which has named modernisation of its food production and processing sectors a national strategic priority. Assis said his nation was looking to China for assistance with agricultural and fisheries training.

"My department would work closely with the Chinese ambassador to Angola to do our best to let the younger generation learn and use new technologies and valuable experience from China," Assis said.

According to Assis, he is in discussion with Chinese companies about investing in his country's agricultural value chain and had also received pledges of assistance from China on introducing crops to the country, including soy and wheat, as well as feed-processing techniques.

An Angolan-based subsidiary of the Haishan Group, a Beijing-based construction and real estate firm, announced in March 2024 that it would build a 300-hectare real estate and fishery industrial park featuring aquaculture, seafood processing, and feed production facilities in Angola as part of a commercial and residential real estate project.

- SeafoodSource