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[00:00:26] in the agricultural sector
[00:00:39] the great leader of the nation who has made
[00:00:40] 16 at the 2nd edition of
[00:00:41] the initiative of the Head of in the field of agriculture his spearhead. The
[00:00:56] Hello everyone, welcome to commercial park within the your news.
[00:01:00] This morning marked by the opening yesterday in Bombou Mingali in
[00:01:03] the department of Dolisie, the
[00:01:05] to the vision carried by the Head of 2nd edition of the great agricultural fair of Congo
[00:01:09] placed under the very high authority of the President of the Republic
[00:01:13] Denis Sassou. The highlights of this ceremony will follow in a
[00:01:18] and event partners, moment. And then we will also show you
[00:01:20] the tractor assembly plant of Coka Mako
[00:01:23] located in the special economic zone of Malou, the
[00:01:26] inauguration of which is scheduled for
[00:01:30] has. and the August 11th. by the support the Head of State's President of the Republic Denis
[00:01:34] the cab, the with Congo in the framework of Sassou Nguesso. So much for the agricultural and livestock headlines. Welcome everyone to the news. The
[00:01:37] President of the Republic Denis Sassou Nguesso
[00:01:40] officially launched yesterday the 2nd
[00:01:43] edition of the great agricultural fair of Congo, organized in
[00:01:48] The same mobilization on the part Bombou Mingali in the department of Dolisie. This edition is
[00:01:51] nation and honoring the homeland".
[00:01:55] vital sector and pillar of Details with Alain Bienvenu
[00:01:57] Bargi.
[00:02:01] It is now a tradition. The GFAC, the great agricultural
[00:02:05] fair of Congo, is rooted in the collective consciousness
[00:02:08] as a major venue for
[00:02:10] agriculture. We are here the presentation and sale of agri-food products from the
[00:02:13] 15 departments of Congo, local products,
[00:02:17] but also a place for research and training in the professions of
[00:02:20] the future related to working the land. This
[00:02:24] August 5, 2026, is the launch of the 2nd edition in
[00:02:28] Elvis Talissan au Kombi Bambou Mingali in the department of... and Dolisie, about fifty
[00:02:32] kilometers north of Brazzaville, the capital. An edition
[00:02:35] with multiple specificities placed under
[00:02:38] the theme "Nourishing the nation and honoring the homeland".
[00:02:42] notably the ministers of The event takes place at the exhibition
[00:02:44] agriculture of center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. The
[00:02:47] launching ceremony of this 2nd
[00:02:51] Chinese Ministry of Wednesday was placed under the very high patronage of the President of
[00:02:54] the Republic Denis Sassou Nguesso. Among the
[00:02:57] distinguished guests were the African and Malian ministers of
[00:03:01] agriculture who came to learn from Congo's experience in this
[00:03:05] support for the head of area. An opportunity for the prefect of Dolisie,
[00:03:08] Karel Motom Mamoni, to express the feelings of honor and
[00:03:12] recognition felt by the populations of his
[00:03:15] department towards the head of state, because, said
[00:03:19] Motom Mamoni, thanks to this fair, Bambou Mingali has
[00:03:23] become the capital of Congolese agriculture. Also, the vision
[00:03:27] of the President of the Republic Denis Sassou Nguesso to make agriculture the
[00:03:30] pillar of the national economy is further strengthened.
[00:03:34] Mbetid Besan, Minister of A vision
[00:03:36] Agriculture and Rural Development of concretized with conviction and elegance by Professor Paul Valentin
[00:03:40] Gobo, Minister of Agriculture and
[00:03:43] yet understood that there is representative of the Minister of Livestock. The holding of the Ibrahim Samake, Minister of 2nd edition of the Great Agricultural
[00:03:46] Fair of Congo, at the heart of the festivities of our national holiday,
[00:03:49] is not a coincidence. It
[00:03:52] size of your business, take advantage of expresses a political
[00:03:54] agriculture. choice, an economic choice and a national ambition, an ambition
[00:03:58] carried at the highest level of the state by His Excellency, Mr. Denis Sassou
[00:04:02] Nguesso, President of the Republic, Head of State, namely, to make
[00:04:06] what is called dependence agriculture, livestock, fishing and processing
[00:04:09] products from abroad. The theme the foundation of a more productive, more prosperous and more
[00:04:12] sovereign Congo. Your Excellency, Mr. President of the
[00:04:15] Republic, your presence goes beyond the protocol
[00:04:19] framework. It sends a clear message to the
[00:04:22] nation. By choosing to personally
[00:04:24] preside over the launching of this second edition, you
[00:04:28] reaffirm that... our population is a priority of
[00:04:31] the state and a
[00:04:32] brother, the Minister of major responsibility of the
[00:04:34] Unconditional shield for accelerating Republic. But your presence says more
[00:04:37] still. It reminds us that nothing that is built today
[00:04:41] in our countryside would be possible without the peace and
[00:04:44] constantly
[00:04:47] We are truly at the heart of
[00:04:47] Congo and Mali in the field of preserved. It also reminds us of your
[00:04:50] constancy. For years, at each stage of
[00:04:54] national development, you have called on Congolese men and women to
[00:04:57] return to the land, to produce what they
[00:05:00] consume and to consume what they
[00:05:03] remain on the sidelines produce. This fair mechanization of is today the embodiment of this. The
[00:05:05] second edition of the Great Agricultural Fair of Congo will continue until
[00:05:10] countries in the field of yet during a session, I believe, of August 15th. It will be marked by departmental days during
[00:05:14] which each territorial administrative entity
[00:05:18] will be able to present its opportunities and specificities in the
[00:05:21] agro-pastoral sectors.
[00:05:24] At the heart of this inaugural day, the Head of State's
[00:05:28] visit, a visit that highlighted
[00:05:31] the dynamism of rural actors
[00:05:34] as well as Congo's ambitions in terms of modernizing
[00:05:37] its agriculture. The report is by Rock
[00:05:41] Kwamba. After the speeches, President
[00:05:45] Denis Sassou Nguesso visited the
[00:05:49] pavilions, which increased from 13 to
[00:05:52] the Great Agricultural Fair of Congo. A sequence
[00:05:56] marked by direct exchanges with producers,
[00:05:58] breeders, processors and the
[00:06:02] many visitors who came to discover the riches of the Congolese
[00:06:05] agricultural
[00:06:06] sector.
[00:06:25] Accompanied by members of the government, administrative authorities
[00:06:30] President Denis Sassou Nguesso visited
[00:06:33] all the different pavilions of the Great
[00:06:37] Fair from beginning to end. At each stage, he stopped in front of the
[00:06:39] stands to discover the products on display, listen to the
[00:06:43] explanations of the exhibitors and inquire about the realities
[00:06:47] they face. Beyond its
[00:06:50] ceremonial nature, this presidential
[00:06:53] visit reflects the interest shown in agriculture, considered
[00:06:56] a pillar of economic diversification and a lever for
[00:07:00] strengthening Congo's food sovereignty.
[00:07:03] Denis Sassou Nguesso also
[00:07:06] stopped at the agricultural machinery stand, where he
[00:07:09] discovered the various equipment for the mechanization
[00:07:13] and modernization of the agricultural sector. The producers
[00:07:16] welcomed this visit, considering that it demonstrates the interest
[00:07:20] shown in the development of
[00:07:23] both to present the products of our
[00:07:26] high school, the products that the children make there at the high
[00:07:29] school there, and so it is a pleasure for us to represent
[00:07:33] that high school. We have market gardening products that you
[00:07:36] have behind there. We have brought cabbage.
[00:07:40] We have brought cucumbers. We also have
[00:07:43] drinks that we produce there in agro-food. So you
[00:07:47] have juices there. You have wines that we have produced. You also have
[00:07:51] jams, but we also have livestock products, as you can see
[00:07:54] there. We have pallets of eggs that we collected this morning. We also have
[00:07:58] reformed laying hens that we have put
[00:08:01] there in a box. We have three cycles there. We
[00:08:05] have the college and we have the high school, but there
[00:08:08] the practice is... on market gardening and we have
[00:08:12] come to present our products, what the children are
[00:08:15] producing. We have come with purple
[00:08:19] eggplants. This 2nd edition will make it possible to
[00:08:22] consolidate the achievements of the first edition and
[00:08:25] to encourage investment in the agricultural
[00:08:28] and livestock sectors.
[00:08:31] d'élevage.
[00:08:33] At the end of the ceremony, Denis Sassou Nguesso spoke to the
[00:08:37] press. He expressed his satisfaction while
[00:08:40] calling for increased commitment to this vital
[00:08:43] sector. Let's listen to the President of the
[00:08:46] Republic.
[00:08:51] We have launched
[00:08:55] the slogan of food self-sufficiency.
[00:08:59] This was already the end of the last
[00:09:02] century. We spoke
[00:09:04] of food
[00:09:06] self-sufficiency in the year
[00:09:09] 2000. And we... We
[00:09:12] are uh today
[00:09:15] 2026. In the year 2000 we did not achieve the
[00:09:19] objectives. You can see well
[00:09:23] that we have not been discouraged
[00:09:25] uh
[00:09:28] we have continued to believe that a people who
[00:09:31] do not produce what they consume
[00:09:35] are not a free people. Today, the 2nd
[00:09:38] edition of the Great Agricultural Fair of Congo. I can
[00:09:42] say that I am filled with joy because
[00:09:45] the movement has truly been launched
[00:09:48] and launched on the scale of the whole
[00:09:51] country and
[00:09:53] launched
[00:09:55] at the level of all age categories, young
[00:09:59] people, adults, but also
[00:10:02] elderly people, and also launched at the level of
[00:10:06] administrative and political
[00:10:08] officials.
[00:10:10] You talk about the ministers. Well, I haven't
[00:10:13] seen much of
[00:10:16] the exhibitions of parliamentarians,
[00:10:22] the assembly or the senate, or
[00:10:26] both united in congress, I had
[00:10:29] issued a directive for each parliamentarian
[00:10:32] to have an agricultural activity. I know that there are
[00:10:36] initiatives that exist.
[00:10:39] So these initiatives that exist, even if they are
[00:10:43] small, must be showcased so that
[00:10:47] we feel that uh our whole people
[00:10:51] uh has launched
[00:10:54] into this vast
[00:10:57] movement of agricultural
[00:11:00] development. We are
[00:11:04] 6 million and some
[00:11:06] inhabitants. Even if the population of Congo
[00:11:10] were to double by
[00:11:12] 2050, as the African
[00:11:16] Union says, then
[00:11:19] we will be in the year
[00:11:22] 2050 perhaps 12,000 inhabitants
[00:11:25] only. So with a
[00:11:29] vast movement like this,
[00:11:32] the land we have, the sun we have,
[00:11:35] the water, the forests, our people will
[00:11:38] produce food, feed the people, not
[00:11:41] uh remain dependent. This does
[00:11:45] not mean that we will not buy from
[00:11:48] others what we cannot produce ourselves. Here we
[00:11:52] will buy from others, but we will also
[00:11:55] sell. We will also sell to
[00:11:58] others. And so I decided
[00:12:02] that every year
[00:12:05] this exhibition, this fair, the
[00:12:09] great agricultural fair of Congo, that every year,
[00:12:13] on the same date, you see,
[00:12:16] straddling the national holiday, this is also a symbol
[00:12:20] that every time
[00:12:22] we go to
[00:12:25] celebrate the
[00:12:28] independence of our country, we will
[00:12:32] also announce the march towards
[00:12:35] food independence
[00:12:38] that our people have
[00:12:42] mobilized
[00:12:44] their capacities to feed themselves and even
[00:12:47] to sell to others. And I believe the movement is well underway.
[00:12:51] I leave this fair
[00:12:54] very
[00:12:55] satisfied.
[00:12:59] The opening of this fair also took on an international
[00:13:03] dimension with the presence of several foreign delegations,
[00:13:09] Mali and the Central African Republic, as
[00:13:13] well as a representative of the
[00:13:16] Agriculture. All have praised the efforts made by Congo to
[00:13:19] develop its agriculture. Herman
[00:13:23] Babysa and Primices.
[00:13:26] The organization of the 2nd edition of the Great Agricultural Fair of
[00:13:30] Congo is a strong signal for Congolese agriculture,
[00:13:33] which has seen some evolution in recent
[00:13:36] years. Congo, through the vision of the President of the
[00:13:40] Republic, wants to fight effectively against food
[00:13:43] imports. These initiatives in this
[00:13:46] sector, which are visible, are appreciated by
[00:13:49] personalities from other countries who have come to participate in this event, which
[00:13:53] also constitutes hope for Africa. Professor Emmanuel
[00:14:01] the CAR, Dr.
[00:14:04] Agriculture of Mali, and the
[00:14:08] Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, praised Congo's
[00:14:11] progress. This kind of event, as he says, allows us
[00:14:15] to practically promote
[00:14:19] So it allows us to show the outside world that Congo has
[00:14:23] the potential for Congo to practically
[00:14:27] move away from
[00:14:31] in terms of agricultural
[00:14:34] is about feeding Congolese people. Now, when we feed
[00:14:37] Congolese people, the surplus must go into
[00:14:40] industries so that the Republic of Congo can leave the
[00:14:44] primary sector and go to the secondary sector. In reality,
[00:14:47] there is no choice. What is
[00:14:50] presented here is truly
[00:14:53] formidable and... I highly advise my
[00:14:57] Agriculture of Congo, to
[00:15:01] perpetuate this event to show the whole world what
[00:15:05] we are capable of doing in our different countries in
[00:15:09] Africa. Cooperation between
[00:15:12] agriculture, in the broad sense, will be at the heart of an
[00:15:16] exchange between the two ministers. One of the objectives of this
[00:15:19] trip is for the two countries, Congo and Mali, and between the two
[00:15:23] ministries, to sit down
[00:15:26] and think about a cooperation
[00:15:28] model, how to at least sign a memorandum
[00:15:32] of understanding between the two
[00:15:35] agriculture, in the field of livestock,
[00:15:39] fish farming. The RDC community in Congo
[00:15:43] supports the agricultural policy of the President of the Republic. We are
[00:15:46] here because we must also
[00:15:50] contribute to the initiatives of the President of the
[00:15:53] Republic. We are impressed to see how things
[00:15:57] have been organized. Truly, there was a very good
[00:16:00] organization. Technology
[00:16:03] is evolving daily. The Stanpower cooperative
[00:16:06] supports agro-pastoral actions by focusing on
[00:16:10] renewable energies. We support agro-pastoral
[00:16:14] action in the field of boreholes,
[00:16:18] solar energy. We currently have
[00:16:21] solar pumps for water pumping for
[00:16:24] irrigation that could already help
[00:16:28] farmers in the context of water pumping
[00:16:32] sites. And we also
[00:16:36] have solar freezers to help
[00:16:39] breeders in the context of product conservation.
[00:16:42] We have all the products here capable
[00:16:46] of supporting agro-pastoral action. Barring any last-minute
[00:16:49] changes, the ministers of agriculture of Niger,
[00:16:52] Senegal, Venezuela and Cuba
[00:16:56] will be able to take part in this 2nd edition of the Great Agricultural Fair of
[00:17:00] Congo.
[00:17:02] Chinese actors, among the many participants in this
[00:17:06] great agricultural fair, also shared their experience
[00:17:11] the Belt and Road Initiative, emphasizing the
[00:17:15] prospects for agricultural cooperation,
[00:17:18] Ange Koloter.
[00:17:21] Agricultural showcase of Congo, the 2nd edition of the GFAC: Great Agricultural
[00:17:25] Fair of Congo, brings together several actors whose
[00:17:28] interventions contribute to the development of a
[00:17:32] the diversification of the national economy. In this
[00:17:36] new edition, the People's Republic of China, which
[00:17:39] works with Congo in the operation of the modern technology
[00:17:42] laboratory within the framework of the Belt and Road
[00:17:46] Initiative, is well
[00:17:47] present.
[00:17:51] This time, the Chinese delegation brought
[00:17:54] new varieties, new technologies and also
[00:17:57] new products to participate in this
[00:18:01] fair. The purpose of our visit is to
[00:18:05] deepen Sino-agricultural and Sino-Congolese
[00:18:08] cooperation, especially in the field of tropical
[00:18:12] agriculture, and also to promote
[00:18:14] Sino-Congolese cooperation. I
[00:18:18] hope this can promote
[00:18:22] cooperation between
[00:18:24] countries.
[00:18:31] since its creation, they have focused on three
[00:18:34] main areas: the selection of
[00:18:38] new varieties that adapt to the local
[00:18:41] climate conditions. Second, this is research on new
[00:18:45] technologies.
[00:18:48] And the third is to develop new
[00:18:51] products. At the stand of the Dolisie department, for example,
[00:18:55] Mama 250, referring to the price of all the products she sells,
[00:18:58] and Rose Moutiba, both farmers,
[00:19:02] say they are delighted with this fortnight's initiative
[00:19:06] and are proud to exhibit their products here.
[00:19:09] We sell at a good price. The person who has 500
[00:19:12] eats, the one who has 1 also eats, the one who has
[00:19:16] 250 also eats. Those in Brazzaville have not
[00:19:21] value in agriculture. They are
[00:19:24] in Brazzaville only buying what we produce. They
[00:19:28] buy at a lower price and resell at a higher
[00:19:31] price. Since the doors of agriculture
[00:19:34] are now open, the 2nd edition of the GFAC, which
[00:19:38] started on August 5, will continue until the 20th of the
[00:19:42] same month, the month of Congo's independence, the fullness of which
[00:19:45] cannot be conceived without true food
[00:19:49] sovereignty.
[00:19:52] The Congolese Labor Party, of which Denis Sassou Nguesso is the president of the
[00:19:56] central committee, also marked its presence. Cadres
[00:19:59] and activists mobilized on the fairground and its
[00:20:02] surroundings to show their support for the head of state. A look back
[00:20:06] at this mobilization with Merveille Issombo.
[00:20:12] the march towards development, the Congolese
[00:20:14] Labor Party has confirmed its status as a mobilization
[00:20:17] machine. Once again, cadres and activists responded
[00:20:21] in large numbers to the launching of the 2nd edition of the Great Agricultural Fair of
[00:20:24] Congo. A popular fervor that recalls the party's
[00:20:28] major political events. This mobilization,
[00:20:32] far from being circumstantial, reflects a well-maintained
[00:20:35] field organization.
[00:20:37] The PCT, as usual, does not
[00:20:40] of the event, hence this impressive
[00:20:44] mobilization. Uh, it's for
[00:20:48] uh, it's the...
[00:20:51] the actions, that is, the agricultural policy to
[00:20:55] break with the abusive importation
[00:20:58] of food products. It's a 2nd
[00:21:01] edition, and we had the heavy task of mobilizing
[00:21:05] 5,000 activists, but I can tell you that we have even
[00:21:09] exceeded the quota that was allocated to us. We can therefore
[00:21:12] feel reassured for this heavy task that
[00:21:16] we have always had regarding mobilization.
[00:21:20] Je vi, worker of the Congolese Labor Party, the organization of
[00:21:23] Congolese women took part for the ninth time in this demonstration of loyalty to
[00:21:30] OFC is always mobilized, and here
[00:21:34] precisely, it is a demonstration of strength, especially for women
[00:21:37] from cooperatives, because they come precisely
[00:21:40] to exhibit everything they produce, all their suffering,
[00:21:44] their pain. They are happy to see it valued by the
[00:21:47] President of the Republic. At each presidential
[00:21:50] displacement, the PCT activists renew their commitment
[00:21:55] State. We, the women, support him in his
[00:21:59] project to achieve food self-sufficiency.
[00:22:02] We must produce, and the women are
[00:22:06] there to thank the very great
[00:22:08] comrade for all he does
[00:22:12] through agriculture. When we
[00:22:15] mobilized, people came en masse to
[00:22:19] efforts in everything he is undertaking in the
[00:22:24] sectors. Before leaving the premises, Denis Sassou Nguesso
[00:22:28] fraternized with his activists and sympathizers, a way of
[00:22:31] returning the favor for the warm welcome he received.
[00:22:34] réservé.
[00:22:38] of the "Patriarch Denis Sassou Nguesso for All" initiative, led by Dignity
[00:22:42] Elvis Challison, who reserved a warm welcome for President
[00:22:46] Denis Sassou Nguesso,
[00:22:49] reaffirming their support for the government's agricultural
[00:22:52] policy. Rech Moussa for the report.
[00:22:55] reportage.
[00:22:57] A blue tide that appears at each appearance, an
[00:23:01] image that has become recurrent around Patriarch Denis
[00:23:04] Sassou Nguesso, who seems to have
[00:23:07] become accustomed to it and appreciates each demonstration. At the 2nd
[00:23:11] edition of the Great Agricultural Fair of Congo, the blue wave of the
[00:23:14] Patriarch led by Din
[00:23:18] renewed the demonstration of its effectiveness in terms of mobilization.
[00:23:33] With the presidential page now turned, the movement has
[00:23:37] already resumed its activities by returning to what
[00:23:40] constitutes its primary commitment: supporting
[00:23:43] project leaders. Faithful to this vocation, it
[00:23:47] intends to continue this support while maintaining a strong
[00:23:51] mobilization dynamic to reaffirm its unwavering
[00:23:55] state, affectionately called the Patriarch. Immediately after the
[00:23:59] elections, following the overwhelming victory of
[00:24:03] the Patriarch and his supporters, we tried to organize things
[00:24:06] to bring our action in line with the
[00:24:10] initial vision of the GAE. This might have suggested a red
[00:24:14] herring, but we are here to reaffirm that our
[00:24:17] support for the Patriarch's actions remains
[00:24:21] unchanged. We will continue to support the Patriarch's actions, especially when
[00:24:25] they support the entrepreneurial vision that we already share. The
[00:24:29] GAE calendar includes several matrices to be made. You know, this is our
[00:24:33] only program that supports actors who are already on the ground. So the
[00:24:37] dates have been announced. We will go down to the field, always with the vision
[00:24:40] of supporting the Head of State, this time by supporting those in the
[00:24:44] agricultural sector, but there are not only the agricultural sectors, there are other
[00:24:48] sectors as well, workers, etc. So they continue to benefit from the GAE's support.
[00:24:52] as it was from Cousieux, I think nothing has changed. Between
[00:24:55] supporting project leaders and demonstrating strength on the
[00:24:58] ground, the patriarch's blue wave intends to maintain
[00:25:02] the course, a strategy that combines
[00:25:05] local commitment and political loyalty with the
[00:25:09] promise to remain a key player in major mobilizations
[00:25:12] in favor of Patriarch Denis
[00:25:15] Sassou Nguesso.
[00:25:20] In another part of the news before closing this broadcast,
[00:25:24] the Eco Kamako tractor assembly plant is
[00:25:27] now ready, equipped with a capacity, a
[00:25:31] assembly capacity of 10
[00:25:34] extractors, sorry, equipped with an assembly capacity of 10
[00:25:38] tractors per day, it will be inaugurated on August 11,
[00:25:41] 2026 by the President of the Republic, Denis
[00:25:44] Sassou Nguesso, located in the industrial and commercial park of the
[00:25:48] Maloku Special Economic Zone. This unit will contribute to the
[00:25:52] Congolese agriculture. Celestin Okano
[00:25:55] Erika. Agriculture in the broad
[00:25:58] sense is the central pillar of the diversification strategy
[00:26:02] championed by the President of the Republic, Denis
[00:26:06] Sassou Nguesso. Faced with the country's dependence on
[00:26:09] oil, the Head of State has made
[00:26:11] agriculture one of the absolute priorities of his
[00:26:15] development program. This political ambition is based
[00:26:19] on mechanization to reduce the arduousness of
[00:26:23] working the land, settle rural populations, and
[00:26:27] make agricultural professions attractive to
[00:26:29] young people. Eco Kamako, a
[00:26:32] mixed Sino-Congolese limited company,
[00:26:35] specializing in the assembly and manufacture of tractors
[00:26:39] and agricultural equipment, fully embraces
[00:26:43] State, Denis Sassou Nguesso, who places mechanization at
[00:26:47] the heart of his agricultural policy.
[00:26:50] The factory is located in the Malouku industrial and
[00:26:55] Special Economic Zone, a factory designed to
[00:26:59] assemble 10 tractors per day, intended for the
[00:27:02] Congolese market, but also for export to
[00:27:06] Central Africa.
[00:27:27] after that, he will continue
[00:27:30] to advance, he also the
[00:27:33] seat,
[00:27:37] the uh the the hood, yes,
[00:27:40] after that he still has the the
[00:27:43] step, the binou, yes,
[00:27:46] the last post, meaning we assembled
[00:27:50] sweet, we will go out, we
[00:27:53] do, yes, meaning this
[00:27:56] this tractor is already finished, we have done all the
[00:28:00] preparations to welcome the
[00:28:02] visit of the president, the main objective
[00:28:06] pursued by Eko Kamako from CEO Willy Ettoka
[00:28:10] is to mechanize national agriculture in order to increase
[00:28:14] productivity and reduce food
[00:28:17] imports. Agricultural machinery engineer
[00:28:20] Eli Massamba calls on agricultural operators:
[00:28:23] it's really the price, it's a tractor that won't be too expensive,
[00:28:27] it will be practically within reach of Congolese people who want to do
[00:28:30] agricultural mechanization well. We have three
[00:28:34] quality at 75 horsepower, then 100 horsepower and 120
[00:28:38] horsepower, and so with these powers, you are able to
[00:28:42] correctly mechanize agricultural work, whether
[00:28:45] it's good, it all depends on the pedology, when you are on the plateau,
[00:28:48] it's sand, so any tractor can work on the plateau, but at the level of the
[00:28:52] Buenza Luni, it's from 100 horsepower and 120 horsepower, and these tractors
[00:28:56] are also available at Eco Kamako here. This assembly
[00:29:00] plant was officially received by
[00:29:03] the government in April 2023, and the
[00:29:06] company was formally approved under the
[00:29:09] Special Economic Zone regime in May
[00:29:12] 2026 for a renewable period of 15
[00:29:15] years. It's a public-private
[00:29:18] partnership. That's the end of the news. Thank you for
[00:29:22] your loyal attention. My thanks also go to
[00:29:25] the technical and editorial teams. As for me, I'll see you another
[00:29:29] time. Thank you and see you soon.
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