Vietnamese Farm in Angola Experiences an Abundant Early Harvest of 3 Types of Vegetables Preferred by the Chinese, Triggering a Fierce Buying Competition

With its vast land and few people, Angola has recently become a destination for many Asians going abroad to work as farmers. Not only Vietnamese people, but also “Team Africa,” some groups of Chinese people have also opened farms and agricultural product stores in Angola.

Quang Linh Vlog recently proudly showcased the first harvest trip of the new year 2024, in which the main products are consumed by Chinese people in Angola. He revealed that this year’s new batch of sweet potatoes has been brought to the capital city for sale.

“Normally, it takes about 6 months to harvest sweet potatoes, but here I harvest gradually and sell gradually. This batch of sweet potatoes has been grown for 3 months already, and the sweet potatoes have grown large,” Quang Linh said.

“Currently, it’s the rainy season in Angola, so I have dug up 7 rows in advance to sell at the Chinese agricultural product store. In 2 – 3 months, the dry season will come, and the supply will be scarce. That’s when I will harvest extensively to get a good price,” Quang Linh added.

Quang Linh further explained that the team’s sales strategy is to introduce the products to potential buyers at the beginning of the season. Then they will sell according to the orders, after other farms have finished their harvest. The planting schedule at the farm follows the seasons.

Thanks to the good soil, the sweet potatoes at Quang Linh farm have a relatively large size, about 200 – 300 grams each, with thin skin. In Angola, sweet potatoes are mainly sold to Chinese people, while the locals are not familiar with this food. The farm workers even mistook sweet potatoes for potatoes.

The chairman of Quang Linh farm took the opportunity to promote Vietnamese agricultural products and invited the workers on the farm to taste a few sweet potatoes. He seemed quite proud of the farm’s achievements.

In addition to sweet potatoes, the first shipment of the year from Quang Linh farm also included white radishes and sweet corn. Quang Linh stated that there are many stores and supermarkets in Luanda ready to purchase these three products if the quality is guaranteed.

Sweet corn and white radishes at Quang Linh farm are also ready for harvest. While the Chinese people “crave” these agricultural products, the local people, in the village and district markets where Quang Linh lives, are not very familiar with them and have a low purchasing power.

They spend half a day traveling to the capital city of Luanda and carefully select the best products to bring, keeping the inferior ones for their own consumption, or using them as animal feed on their farms. In return, the prices of agricultural products in Luanda are quite high, and traders buy them by weight instead of by baskets like the local traders in village markets.

Quang Linh, the young farm owner, roughly estimated that the first shipment of the new year has reached more than 600kg of various agricultural products, promising a fruitful year. He hopes that the planting-harvesting-selling strategy will be effective and bring stable economics to the farm and its workers in the future.