Angola: Agriculture Contributes 12% to GDP

Luanda — The Angolan agricultural sector currently contributes only 12 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a figure still low considering the potential of the country, said today in Luanda, the secretary of State for Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Alberto Pinto.

Based on the Ministry's indicators, Carlos Alberto Pinto said that the agriculture sector could contribute much more to the country's GDP growth if this activity were to be aggregated with other measures, such as better management of innovation skills and greater cooperation among stakeholders of the agricultural sector.

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