Nonetheless basking within the euphoria of the success of the 2023 version of the Nigeria Agrofood and plastprint pack convention, the 2024 version is scheduled for March 26 to twenty-eight, 2024 on the Historic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Organizers say the annual convention is an effective strategy to develop the economic system by tackling the issue of post-harvest losses, which is a significant problem for the agricultural sector.
The Chairman of the West Africa Chilly Chain Technological Promotion Group (OTACCWA), Mr. Alexander Isiong, stated the convention can enhance the nation's agriculture, including that farmers, so as to add worth to the nation's merchandise should be capable to add worth.
“So as to add worth you want to have the ability to course of what you produce and when processing it you want to have the ability to take it into a chilly chain setting. What the chilly chain setting does is for security and meals normal. Aside from creating meals for Nigeria, we’re additionally attempting to allow Nigeria to export merchandise with the ecosystem.
“The rationale for the appreciation of the greenback is that Nigeria spends extra internationally than it earns. The one place we obtain international alternate now’s via crude oil and fossil fuels. The one manner the federal authorities can earn cash is to create international inflows via agriculture and you are able to do that by getting certification for farms, to get certification for the method of getting meals from the farm, all the way in which to the way in which to the airport to go away the nation.
“The rationale why Nigeria can’t profit from it is because all Nigerian merchandise aren’t licensed outdoors the nation, which implies we can’t export. What we’re doing in OTACCWA is making the federal government conscious that they’re really shedding some huge cash by not addressing what the chilly chain is all about,” he stated.
Isiong, who added that the occasion will probably be attended by 5 ministers in Nigeria and world expertise leaders from 17 nations, stated greater than 100 world-class exhibitors from Australia, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Italy, Netherlands and Poland South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine will grace the convention, aiming to showcase tailored merchandise and options for the Nigerian market.
He highlighted that OTACCWA and Fairtrade will collectively arrange the sixth West African Chilly Chain Summit and Exhibition (WACCSE), along with the 2024 Agrifood and Plasprint Bundle.
