Fairtrade to host 7th Agrofood West Africa Trade Expo in Accra

A German trade show specialist, Agrofood and Plastprintpack West Africa will from November 29 – December 1, 2022, organise the 7th edition of Agrofood West Africa in Ghana.

international exhibition will be supplemented by a three-day programme that will be laden with presentations and conferences.

Mr Marz used the opportunity to invite all professionals in the agrofood and plastics packaging sector to endeavour to participate in the event.

In a brief statement, the Director of Plant, Protection and Regulatory Services at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Mr Eric Quaye, commended fairtrade for putting together the exhibition.

He added that such events are good crucial to the policies of the ministry, adding that there was a need to produce good quantities of foods that needed to be processed further.

He entreated Ghanaian businesses that will be participating in the event to take full advantage and shore up their businesses.

He pledged MoFA’s support to fairtrade to ensure that the event becomes successful.

The 6th agrofood West Africa held in 2019 featured 87 exhibitors from 17 countries.

The exhibition presented a platform for the exhibitors to offer solutions to hundreds of trade visitors and buyers from Ghana and neighbouring West African countries.

The exhibitors came from Belgium, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India and Italy.

The rest were Jordan, Morocco, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Turkey.