As money coming from oil has declined over the past years, Angola is trying to diversify its economy. Today the African country is producing more and more agricultural products of good quality. Farmers not only supply their own people but also sell products on the world market. Bananas are only one example that shows how the quality of Angolan products is increasing.
Vocabulary
affordable = when you have enough money to buy something
agriculture = farming
annual = yearly
award = give a prize to someone
bottled water = water that is produced and sold in a bottle
certification = an official document that says you have produced something of good quality
challenge = problem that you have to solve
civil war = conflict in which two or more groups from the same country fight against each other
competitive = trying hard to be more successful than others
consumer = a person who buys a product
contribute = to play a part in
credible = to be trusted
cultivation = farming
decade = ten years
distribution = here: to bring products to different places
diversification = here: to produce many different things so that you are not dependent on one product alone
domestic = in the country
due to = because of
embark = to start something which is especially difficult or exciting
employ = to give someone work
encourage = to make someone do what you want
entrepreneurial = to start a business that involves taking risks
facility = here: laboratory
food security = to produce enough food on your own
forefront = here: in a leading position, very important
funding = money
hinder = delay , be a problem for
immense = very large
indicator = sign
informal = natural, not so strict
infrastructure = the basic things that a country needs, like schools, roads , hospitals etc…
irrigation = to bring water to plants on dry land
logistics = the business of transporting things to where you need them
net importer = to import more than you export
nutritional = about the things in food that keep you healthy
objective = aim
ongoing = not finished
promote = here: to get people to buy products
public health = the health of all the people in a country
quota = the official limit on the number of products you can produce
remarkable = amazing, extraordinary
revenue = the money you get from selling a product
self-sufficiency = to produce the things you need without the help of others
significant = very important
sisal = tropical plant which is used for making ropes
stride = step, progress
sub-Saharan = the countries south of the Sahara desert
sugar cane = tropical plant used to produce sugar
supply = the amount that is produced
sustainable = to continue doing things without causing harm to nature or the environment
volume = amount