Luena, 06/25 – "World food crisis and the implications in the country" are one of the main issues to be discussed in the 32nd Consultative Council of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, to be held from this Wednesday to Thursday in Luena city, eastern Moxico Province.

ANGOP learnt from the programme of debates that the meeting will also analyse issues related to the "Development Bank of (BDA) and the First Year of Financing the Agrarian Sector" and the "Activities of Cooperatives and Associations in Angola".

The Consultative Council will also analyse the situation of the coffee sector, the mechanised preparation of soils, rehabilitation of irrigated fields and large-scale agricultural production.

Participants to the event will also assess forestry programmes, rural expansion, cattle breeding, re-launching coffee plating, agrarian research and combat to desertification, among others. The Consultative Council shall be presided over by the incumbent of the sector, Afonso Pedro Canga, and will be attended by the deputy minister of Agriculture, national, provincial, technical directors and among other invited guests.