Luanda: The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Isaac dos Anjos, stated on Friday in Luanda that the new export regulations for green coffee aim to enhance the value of Angolan coffee and boost the income of producing families. The Executive Branch reviewed, in a session of the Council of Ministers, the Green Coffee Export Regulations, a document that establishes standards for the preparation and marketing of the product in foreign markets.
According to Angola Press News Agency, the regulations cover so-called green coffee, a designation given to unprocessed coffee beans after drying and husk removal. Speaking to the press at the end of the 5th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers, chaired by the President of the Republic, Joo Louren§o, the minister explained that the document defines procedures and standards for the preparation of the product destined for export, at a time when coffee is once again asserting itself as a strategic crop for the diversification of the national economy and for generating income in rural areas.
The minister stated that the Government intends to transform coffee into a true income-generating crop for Angolan families, moving away from the image historically associated with the exploitation of rural labor during the colonial period. "Our objective is for coffee to be a crop capable of generating income and improving the living conditions of families, similar to what happens in several producing countries," he declared.
Isaac dos Anjos pointed out that the regulation is part of a broader set of measures adopted by the agricultural sector to revitalize national coffee farming and restore the product to the prominent role it once held in the Angolan economy. To support the expansion of production, the Executive is investing in increasing the supply of coffee seedlings, through the creation of nurseries in different regions of the country, with support from the Coffee Fund and other public mechanisms for financing agricultural development.
The government official encouraged young people to invest in coffee farming, considering that the prices currently practiced in the international market offer attractive profitability prospects. "The coffee price offers are extraordinary, and this can be an activity capable of transforming the economic and social conditions of the producing regions," he noted.
The Green Coffee Export Regulation also aims to contribute to improving the quality of the national product, strengthening competitiveness in international markets, and consolidating the image of Angolan coffee as a benchmark product in world trade.
