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Agriculture
such as FAO, IFAD, AfDB, WB, SADEC, and bilat-
eral cooperation agreements with the EU and some
American and Asian countries.
Despite the great potential of Angolan agriculture,
which is rich in cereal, cassava, sweet potato, ba-
nana and a wide range of fish and vegetables, it is
nowadays a weak economy sector. Therefore IDA
has an essential role for the development of agri-
culture in Angola, since we will only be able to fight
hunger and poverty by encouraging this sector and
assuring access to food for the whole population.
For this purpose, IDA works closely with ANIP and
AFDB, with a focus on both the technical training of
farmers as well as good human resources manage-
ment, in order to improve agricultural products in An-
gola and increase their competitiveness.
Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento Florestal – IDF
Tel: +244 222 323 934 / 222 323 581
Fax: +244 222 323 934
idf@netangola.com
IDF is a public body supported by the Ministry of Ag-
riculture and Rural Development. It is a legal entity
and it enjoys administrative and financial independ-
ence. Its main area of activity is executing and moni-
toring the application of legal rules and orders regu-
lating the development, exploration, sustainable use,
protection and conservation of both the fauna and
the flora of Angola. The Institute’s main mission is
to guarantee the sustainable production of forest re-
Detail of Angonabeiro faculities in Cacuaco
sources and assure the conservation and protection
of ecosystems in order to fulfil society’s basic needs.
IDF grants permits and certificates necessary for
CITES – the Convention on International Trade of
wild fauna and flora species threatened with extinc-
tion, in close collaboration with the Faculty of Sci-
ence of Agostinho Neto University, which has the
scientific authority.
The Institute is responsible for:
Nature protection information system.
Preparation of adequate databases on plant, fungi
and animal species, habitats, ecosystems and
landscapes.
Monitoring the degree of conservation and threats
to all components of the biological and landscape
diversity and proposing protection measures.
Preparation of a list of landscape types, evaluation
of landscape types and monitoring the state of sig-
nificant and characteristic features of landscapes.
Establishment and maintenance of a register of
speleological formations.
Making nature protection data publicly available.
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Pesqueira – INIP
(National Institute of Fishing Research)
Rua Mortala Mohamed
Tel: +244 228 741 465
Fax: +244 222 309 330
bclme.behp@nexus.ao
www.angola-minpescas.com
INIP is a government body in charge of writing tech-
nical and scientific reports and surveys about Ango-
la’s aquatic biological resources as well as the ma-
rine ecosystems and continental waters. They also
control the quality of Angolan marine biodiversity.
Angola has impressive fishing resources and 1,650
kilometres of coastline.
The government supports the development and
coordination of regional centres of fishing research
and the training of INIP specialists and support staff,
in order to enlarge the analysis capacity of the na-
tional aquatic ecosystem. Other activities aim to
reinforce the programme of biological sampling of
commercial fishing, to improve laboratory equipment
for quality control, as well as to develop action lines
for research into continental waters resources, which
definitely has an important role in the reduction of
poverty.
These activities complement the Angolan aquatic