Quela — The cotton production re-launch process in Baixa de Cassanje locality in the northern Malanje province will be a mobilizing factor for the families' return to rural areas of the region.

This was said on Monday by the provincial governor of Malanje, Norberto dos Santos "Kwata Kanawa", when speaking at a roundtable on the revival of cotton production in the region.

He said that with the conducting of open cotton production will generate new jobs and increase the families' income in the region.

According to the official, cotton was an important support of the economy of some African countries, particularly Angola before independence, becoming a great support of the textile industries.

Due to the current economic context of the country characterized by oil barrel price drop in the international market, the governor said that the Angolan government has outlined strategies to reduce the dependence of the state budget to oil revenues.

However, he continued, the provincial government of Malanje decided to hold event of this kind aimed for the mobilization of wills and skills to carry out the broad process of acceleration of the economy.

Under the initiative of Provincial Government of Malanje and sponsored by the President's Civil Affairs Office, the meeting aims to gather contributions to provide greater sustainability and subsequent feasibility study for the implementation of the project in the Cassange Lower region.

The meeting brought together provincial governor of Malanje, Norberto Fernandes dos Santos "Kwata Kanawa", Ministers of Industry, Bernarda Martins, of Agriculture Alexandre Nhunga, State Secretary for Economy, Laura Alcântara Monteiro and special envoy of British premier, Baroness Lindsay Northover.

The one-day round table gathered 100 entrepreneurs amongst Angolans, foreigners, local farmers, chieftains and Brazilian experts.