Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Huila Province partner to create Center for Research and Training in Biogas in Lubango and train farmers

On December 11, 2019, an agreement was signed between China and Angola, which provides for the creation of the Center for Research and Training in Biogas in a partnership between the Biogas Institute of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (BIOMA) and Universidade Mandume ya Ndemufayo at the Universidade Mandume ya Ndemufayo in Lubango, Angola.

Its campus is located at ISPH-UMN, in the city of Lubango, the regional capital of Huila, in the southern part of Angola.

The new center will enable the implementation of joint (China-Angola) research projects and technological innovation in the field of biogas as well as the exchange of personnel for training and research. On the same day, the center was officially established. The new institute should thus train Angolans, especially those living in the rural areas of the Huila region.

In this part of the country, which is partly mountainous, the land is fertile and the people in rural areas are mainly engaged in agriculture. They produce cereals, vegetables, legumes, fruits and roots.

The new Biogas Research and Training Centre is supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).