A partnership aimed at the exploration of Fazenda Longa – located in the municipality of Cuito Cuanavale (province of Cubango) and which specializes in rice production – was signed between the Arable Land Management Company in Angola (Gesterra) and a Chinese company.

According to the Chairman of the Board of Directors (PCA) of Gesterra, Carlos Paim, “in the first stage, a detailed technical assessment of the farm will be carried out to define the investments required for the development of the enterprise, with a total area of 5 thousand hectares.”

As a modern agricultural unit specialized in rice production, Fazenda Longa is equipped with an irrigation system consisting of seven central pivots and eight linear pivots, covering an area of 1180 hectares.

The project also has storage silos with a total capacity of 9,000 tons, grain dryers, a rice processing unit with a capacity of 100 tons per day, as well as a complete park of agricultural machinery and equipment.

(Source: Ecos do Henda, on February 4)