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The event is set to take place from 24-26 March in Lagos.
Growing the future of agribusiness
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ASED ON THE encouraging market conditions in Nigeria, the 6th agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria 2020 is getting ready to continue its success story. Organised by the German trade show specialists fairtrade, the event is scheduled for 24 to 26 March 2020 at the Landmark Centre in Lagos. Nigerian economy Africa’s largest economy is on the growth track as Nigeria’s GDP is expected to increase from US$ 397bn in 2018 to US$ 445 bn in 2019 and US$496 bn in 2020. And due to high and sustained investments in its agrofood and plastprintpack industry and its enormous expected population growth from 200 million in 2019 to 400 million in 2050 (United Nations), it is all too likely that Nigeria will very soon become the number one in Africa for imports of any technology. A position the country is likely to take in the long term. Agrofood 2020 The trade show provides a platform for
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The trade show provides a platform for valuable interaction and networking.
valuable interaction and networking between exhibitors from within Nigerian and all over the world. Global leaders and official country pavilions already confirmed Many global leaders have already renewed their participation for the 2020 event, according to organisers. The national group pavilions of Belarus, China, Germany, France, Italy, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Turkey have again confirmed their presence. Conference programme agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria 2020 will again be supplemented by a three day programme. It covers the entire process chain -
The trade show provides a platform for valuable interaction and networking between exhibitors from within Nigeria and all over the world.
consisting of the following brands: agro AgroTech Nigeria 2020 is organized by fairtrade in cooperation with the German Agricultural Society DLG. Main topics are agricultural technology, animal production, flori- and horticulture and hothouse technology. The companies exhibiting are from a range of industries including: ● Agricultural machines, farming tractors, harvesting equipment ● Analytical equipment ● Dryers, cleaner, silos and storage systems ● Feeding equipment ● Fish farming equipment ● Grains, grain systems ● Greenhouse and greenhouse plastics and equipment ● Irrigation systems food + bev tec Nigeria 2020 Double-digit growth: According to the German Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association VDMA, Nigeria’s imports of food & beverage technology increased by 13 per cent in 2018.
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