Italian and Mozambique officials on
Monday signed an accord in Maputo setting up a major new
agri-food centre in the African country as part of Italy's
Mattei Plan for Africa.
An agreement was inked worth 38 million euro for the
construction and equipping of the Manica Agrifood Centre (CAAM),
said the office of Premier Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi.
"The initiative, recognised as one of the strategic projects for
the implementation of the Mattei Plan in the African continent,
aims to develop and equip an agrifood centre in the western
Mozambican province of Manica, which will play the role of a
regional hub for the processing and distribution of agricultural
products.," Chigi said.
The deal came two days after Italy on Saturday sealed a
regenerative agriculture deal with Algeria as part of its
ambitious Mattei Plan, which seeks to create a new partnership
with African countries to address the root causes of irregular
migration and turn Italy into a sort of hub for energy supplies
in Europe.
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