Soils Recovery Project Estimated At USD Seven Million

23 July 2011

Luanda — The project for the recovery of damaged soils in some southern regions of the country, under the responsibility of the Environment Ministry and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is estimated at seven million dollars.

This information was released on Friday, in Luanda, by FAO’s representative to Angola, Mamoudou Diallo.

The project will start being implemented in south Namibe province, in 2012, with the assistance of the African Development Bank (BAD), World Environment Fund, FAO, the Angolan government and other partners.

Speaking on the framework of the workshop on “Recovering damaged soils in Angola”, Mamoudou Diallo told ANGOP that this project follows the national programme of combat to poverty and environmental protection.

The project will also be implemented in collaboration with the Angolan Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries.

An agro-ecological centre will be built in Namibe province so as to train instructors to teach people how to manage the soils, which remained with nutrients as a consequence of the rains.

Mamoudou Diallo said that the problem of environmental education and reinforcement of institutional capacities is another challenge which the centre will face.

“The project is an appeal of the Ministries of Environment and of Agriculture, and FAO will finance 30 percent of its global value, in addition to mobilising the technical assistance”, he said.

The second phase of the project might cover the provinces of Cunene, Benguela and Uige.

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