USAID invests US$5 million in projects along the Lobito Corridor.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provides around five million dollars from the Women in Angolan Agriculture project, for the benefit of the provinces.

USAID administrator Samantha Power, who visited the country, emphasized that the structural programs underway in the Lobito Corridor and in Agriculture will have a significant impact, lifting thousands of people out of hunger and poverty.

The project will benefit the provinces of Benguela, Huambo and Bié. In addition to helping Angola, Power highlighted that these initiatives will help combat poverty in many families around the world.

The person responsible for the Agency highlighted the importance of training farmers in techniques that enable an increase in agricultural production, aiming to achieve the proposed objectives.

Next, the administrator also said, there is a need for farmers to have access to documents such as the Identity Card, as well as basic skills, including knowledge of financial literacy. Furthermore, she argued that it is crucial for these farmers to establish connections with potential buyers to sell their products.

The leader highlights the value of the actions carried out by the Angolan Government, which has allocated significant financial resources to assist family farmers, including partnerships with the Agricultural Sector Development Fund (FDSA), with the aim of expanding access to credit. Estimating an increase of more than 6% in agricultural production over the next three years as a result of these investments.

Along this path, it entered into partnerships with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to launch an Agricultural Technical Institute, aiming to train farmers, mainly women, to improve their skills and techniques, resulting in an annual increase in production.

The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Francisco de Assis, highlighted, on the occasion, that the support will contribute significantly to the development of the agricultural sector in the country, and that its investments are not in vain, as they are already generating positive results.