Chapter 1106 Opening the Market
Looking at past lives, almost any capable country will work **** agricultural technology. For example, in the past life, the United States was not only the country that used the most pesticides and fertilizers in the world, but also used genetically modified technology in agriculture for more than 40%, and the breeding industry It is also the hardest hit area for the use of various pharmaceuticals.
So East Africa will naturally consolidate its advantages in the agricultural field. In addition to mechanization, various related agricultural technologies are the focus of East Africa's current efforts.
This makes East Africa the third largest agricultural research and development center in the world after Europe and the United States. As the only tropical power in the world, the focus of East Africa's agricultural research is very different from that of Europe and the United States.
Taking staple foods as an example, European and American countries will definitely tend to research temperate agricultural products such as wheat, while East Africa will focus on (sub)tropical agricultural products such as rice.
Andre said to He Bo and others: "Before hybrid rice technology is completely mature, as long as we do our job well, we will definitely open up new growth points for East African agriculture in the future."
"The drought-tolerant characteristics of light rice are what I like the most. Among the major rice-growing countries in the world, East Africa is an area with relatively low rainfall. Although my country has greatly improved its agricultural irrigation conditions through large-scale water conservancy project construction, , but some areas are destined not to be solved by water conservancy construction alone. "
"For example, west of Dodoma City, the natural climate with low rainfall cannot be changed by manpower. If we can use hybrid technology to develop relatively drought-tolerant rice varieties, it can greatly improve the productivity of arid or semi-arid areas in our country. Agricultural growing conditions.”
Following Professor Andre’s explanation, He Bo and other members of the Luanda Agricultural Research Institute also realized the significance of their current work.
In the final analysis, the natural agricultural endowments of East Africa are the best in the entire African continent, but in the final analysis, if we want to close the gap with Europe and the United States, we still have to rely on technological level.
Andre said to them sincerely: "Nowadays, our country's industry and science are developing at an extremely fast pace, and knowledge is updated and iterated quickly, so you have a lot of new knowledge to learn, so you must pay more attention to relevant research at home and abroad, so that you can move forward in the future. further."
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City of Harare.
With the implementation of the Third Five-Year Plan, Harare, the city with the most developed heavy industry in East Africa, is quietly changing.
As for Mbeya, which was originally the center of heavy industry in East Africa, it has begun to transform as early as the 1990s and has now become one of the R&D and academic exchange centers in East Africa. With the transformation of the industrial investment structure, Mbeya City has It has completely become a comprehensive city similar to Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, with almost no shortcomings.
Harare, the most important heavy industry city in East Africa, is now also facing transformation pressure. As the development of light industry has become a key national strategy, cities like Harare, which are highly partial, have obviously become the focus of East Africa's economic transformation.
In 1911, Harare’s first reform was to liberalize some light industry investment areas.
It is worth noting that East Africa is a planned economy country, which does not mean that the gap between the rich and the poor in East Africa is not large. In order to control the national resources, East Africa pays quite high compensation to the meritorious people in East Africa.
These people include government officials, workers in the scientific research field, military personnel, retirees, martyr families, nobles, etc.
In the past, compensation for these personnel in East Africa was mainly achieved in the form of high subsidies and social benefits, such as various forms of subsidies, stable sources of wages, distribution of material rewards, etc.
Not only that, in addition to the "nobles" in East Africa, ordinary people in East Africa have actually accumulated a lot. The wage level in East Africa is not low in the world. As long as they plan carefully, many families generally have a certain amount of savings.
According to the Harare Municipal Government Proclamation on September 2, 1911, this allowed many people to see opportunities. According to the announcement, Harare City will relax investment restrictions in more than 100 industries such as catering, accommodation, and garment production, and allow private participation in industrial business activities on the announcement list.
Berlin State Hotel, Harare.
"Anka, do you really want to resign and start a business? You must know that your skills are not very good. If the market does not like you, you will lose your job and you will not have a stable salary."
In the kitchen of Berlin's state-owned hotel, Prussia Wang said to his young apprentice Anka.
Anka: "Master, I still want to give it a try. Although there are droughts and floods in state-owned hotels, the revenue is guaranteed, but I believe that as long as I can provide better services, I will be able to quickly open up the catering market."
The catering industry in East Africa is just like the Soviet Union or the Far Eastern Empire in the special period. It is a very strange existence. Due to policy restrictions, there was almost no private catering industry in East Africa before.
This has resulted in a lack of competition in the catering industry in East Africa. Various state-owned hotels or restaurants have extremely poor service attitudes and perfunctory food quality, but ordinary East African people have no choice at all.
Now that the city of Harare has relaxed investment restrictions in the catering industry, Anka sees this as his own opportunity. Because of many years of work, Anka is not optimistic about his future in a state-owned hotel.
As his master Pruss Wang said, he was not good at learning and was not outstanding among the apprentices led by Pruss Wang. However, ordinary people's pursuit of taste is not that high at all.
Anka's ability to work in the Berlin State-owned Hotel also proves that Anka has a good foundation in cooking skills. After all, the Berlin State-owned Hotel is one of only ten restaurants in Harare. Those who can work in the kitchens of these state-owned hotels, no matter how poor their skills are , and a lot higher than ordinary people.
Years of work experience have also given Anka a clear understanding of the catering industry in East Africa with poor service attitudes. Anka believes that this is a breakthrough point. If he can focus on service and price as his main buying points, he will definitely be able to stand in the market. Keep your footing, as for food that tastes bad, many people don’t have the ability to identify it.
Prussia King: "Okay! Now that you have decided, I won't dissuade you. If I were ten years younger, maybe I would be as aggressive as you young people."
Anka said to the master: "Thank you for your understanding."
Then Prussia Wang asked: "Since you have decided to open your own store, do you have enough money? Many supplies are still relatively scarce in the market. Even the simplest tables, chairs and benches may need special channels to purchase."
Anka replied: "Of course I have concerns about this, but now that the economy is liberalized, many carpenters have chosen to return to their old profession. An old carpenter near my home plans to open a carpentry shop. I can get it from him. As for the funds, I have some savings over the years, which should be able to support the preliminary preparations.”
Prussia King nodded and said: "Very good, if you are really short of money, you can tell me. Your master has saved a lot over the years. Even if you encounter some troubles, I can help you solve them."
As the chef of the Berlin Hotel, Prussia Wang's salary is relatively high, and he knows many dignitaries in Harare.
Anka was still a little touched by the master's concern. He said: "Master, don't worry, I know what to do. If I really encounter trouble that cannot be solved, I will probably have no choice but to beg you shamelessly!"
King Prussia said to Anka: "What are you talking about? There is an old saying in my hometown, once a teacher, always a father. You are my apprentice, so it is natural for me to take care of you, but I also hope that you After setting out to start a business, we should not forget our roots. It would be even better if we can continue to promote our Huai cuisine in Harare. ”
(End of this chapter)