22 July 2012. Luanda. The Ministry of Agriculture of Angola and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (Embrapa), boost bilateral cooperation in agriculture.
According to the Public Television of Angola, Brazilian Ambassador to Angola, Nelson Cosme, and Embrapa´s president, Pedro Arraes met in Brasilia to further enhance this cooperation, which will reorganize the Angolan agricultural research system.
The meeting´s objective was to find appropriate ways and resources to implement the Technical Cooperation Project between both countries, said the source.
The Technical Cooperation Project will have more than two million dollars that will be used in creating the institutional basis of the Integrated Agricultural Research System of Angola.
5 June 2012. The World Bank organised a video conference for some African countries including Ghana, Liberia, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia to present experience of the Brazilian corporations in agriculture, social protection, vocational and technical training.
The conference papers were presented from Washington DC in US to participants in their respective countries. Brazilian technology is said to be easily adaptable to many African countries because of geophysical similarities in soil and climate. Andre Nepomuceno Dusi, Structuring Projects Coordinator of Brazilian EMBRAPA pledged the Brazilian government's commitment to help develop the agricultural capacity of African countries, especially those in the Sub-Saharan region.
Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist – Africa Region. The World Bank
Related: “Bridging the Atlantic, Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa. South-South Partnering for Growth” is the title of a recent report produced jointly by the Capacity Development and Partnership Unit of the Africa Region at the World Bank (WB) and the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA). As the report points out, Brazil and Africa are natural partners with strong historic and cultural links. Complementing these links, Brazilian technology seems to be easily adaptable to many African nations because of geophysical similarities in soil and climate. Brazil’s recent successes on the social and economic fronts have attracted attention from many African countries. They have requested Brazilian cooperation in areas such as tropical agriculture, tropical health, vocational training, energy and social protection among others.
22 July 2012. Luanda. The Ministry of Agriculture of Angola and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (Embrapa), boost bilateral cooperation in agriculture.
