Angola relaunches its $113 million coffee programme
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Jornal F8
Angola and the IFAD are reformulating Prodecafé, a programme aimed at reviving coffee production, with $113 million in funding. The project is to cover ten provinces over ten years and is due to start next year, according to Folha 8, citing Custódio Mucavele, IFAD director in Angola.
IFAD and the Angolan government are reformulating the Coffee Value Chain Development Project (Prodecafé), which is to cover ten provinces over ten years, with a planned start in 2027. IFAD director in Angola Custódio Mucavele said the programme is notably intended to strengthen processing units and train farmers to increase coffee production, according to Jornal F8.
The first phase will cover Bié, Cuanza Sul, Huíla, Huambo and Malanje, while Uíge, Bengo, Lunda Norte, Moxico and Cuanza Norte will be included after five years. On funding, IFAD is providing $50 million and Italy’s Mattei Plan, an international cooperation strategy, $45 million, according to Custódio Mucavele.
The reform of the project also aims to prepare Angolan coffee for the requirements of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Custódio Mucavele cited access to quality inputs and producing sufficient quantities of seedlings among the challenges, while calling for the entire value chain, from production to processing, to be strengthened.
The relaunch comes as Angola approaches its political transition scheduled for 2027, after 51 years of independence mentioned on 10 November in an article on the succession of João Lourenço, Lourenço’s succession in view for 2027.
