Agra expo to focus on West African agro market

Stakeholders in the agricultural and agribusiness sector will converge at the Landmark Centre in Lagos next week for the fourth edition of the Agra Innovate West Africa expo.   Participants expected at the event include Nigerian and international agricultural policy makers, agribusiness leaders, farmers, technologists and investors and will discuss the latest in Nigerian agriculture and […]

Stakeholders in the agricultural and agribusiness sector will converge at the Landmark Centre in Lagos next week for the fourth edition of the Agra Innovate West Africa expo.  

Participants expected at the event include Nigerian and international agricultural policy makers, agribusiness leaders, farmers, technologists and investors and will discuss the latest in Nigerian agriculture and the whole of West Africa.  

Apart from over 40 exhibitors and 60 speakers expected at the event, this year’s edition has a special general session for interacting with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh.  

Organised by KNect365 (an Informa business) and Contact Consulting Nigeria, the event facilitates two days of intensive knowledge sharing, networking, technology transfer and deal-making.    

Programme Director, Agra Innovate West Africa, Folusho Olaniyan said: “After the success of last year’s Agra Innovate in Nigeria, we are ensuring that the upcoming exhibition will again have the great ambience all attendees have previously experienced.’’ 

 The exhibition is being supported by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG).