EU To Hold Agro-Food Exhibition In Lagos

The European Union
    (EU) in collaboration with Fairtrade Messe, a German company, is set to hold an exhibition of about 80 local and foreign agro-food companies in Lagos.
A statement by the EU office said in Lagos that the exhibition is tagged “Agro-food and Plast-Print Pack’’.
The statement said it will hold between April 28 and April 30 at the Landmark Centre, Victoria Island.
It quoted Mr Michael Arrion, Head of EU Delegation to Nigeria as saying that the exhibition would foster profitable business partnerships between Nigerian entrepreneurs in the agro-food industry and their foreign counterparts.
“The European suppliers can assist local agro-food industry with machinery and technological know-how.
“This will ensures high degree of safety and compliance with international hygienic standards in agro-food production.
“The exhibition is expected to develop into a leading platform for technological exchange in the areas of food processing and packaging,’’ the statement said.
It also said that Mr Mike Adekola, President, Institute of Packaging, Nigeria, one of the supporters of the event, added that the institute would educate participants on the food value chain flow.
“They include farmers, suppliers, transporter, processors, wholesalers and retailers,” he said.
The Tide source reports that the exhibition will feature companies from Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Italy and Japan.
Others are Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirate, U.K. and the host, Nigeria.