Media Briefing Session

Meet the Farmers Conference is our annual top-notch event where we host top players of the agricultural value chain, agro exporters and even government officials from Africa and the GCC. We have come back with a third edition and will be connecting personalities from the Middle East and Africa. We leverage the conference to create a platform for large scale agro commodity stakeholders from Africa and the GCC to connect, network and form profitable partnerships that will offer long-term solutions to food insecurity in the GCC region.

Speaker at the MediaLaunch

The Ghana media launch event was graced by our partners, government officials, and top Agro-stakeholders from Ghana like Kosmos Energy, Joyful Agro, Agro Innova, and the media. All the attendees had the opportunity to learn, and network. They also had the opportunity to find out means of partaking in the agro-trade relationship between Ghana and the Middle East.

Cross section of attendees at the Media Launch

The date for MTFC 2019 was announced during our media launch in Ghana. Meet the Farmers Conference 2019 will be held at the Marina Hotel, Dubai UAE, on the 27th and 28th of November 2019. The event is themed “Creating a Sustainable Future: for Food Security, Trade and Technology.

Meet the Farmers Conference 2019 media launch Ghana is the 5th for the year. The media launch events are precursory to the Meet the Farmers Conference 2019.

Registration is still ongoing for attendees, sponsors and partners. Interested? Click here to register.

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Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and Afro-India Technology & Societal Transformation (AITST) Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate the introduction of modern technologies and scientific methods along the cashew value chain.

GEPA, in collaboration with the private sector, is implementing a 10-Year Cashew Development Plan aimed at developing the cashew industry and supporting rural enterprise development in Ghana; as well as diversifying Ghana’s cash crop base from dependence on cocoa.

The MOU with AITST Foundation seeks to establish mutually beneficial or “win-win” collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders in the cashew industry in Ghana through technology and machinery support for the government’s ten years cashew development plan.

Gifty Klenam who is the Chief Executive Officer for GEPA said the agreement is in line with the commitment of the government’s quest to support smallholders’ farmers in the Agricultural value chain.

“The agreement, will, place farmers first in bringing modern technology, to enhance production and processing of cashew, for increased export and revenue for Ghana,” she said.

AITST Foundation is an initiative by the African and Indian leaders chaired by Mahesh Patel, Executive Chairman of ETG to ensure Sub-Saharan Africa emerges as a truly global food provider by 2030.

Its core objective is to bring modern and cutting-edge technology interventions, from smallholder farmers to governments of Sub-Saharan Africa at all stages of Agric-value chains.

GEPA and Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture are the official partners of our Agri Value Chain Development Conference,  Meet The Farmers Conference (MTFC) which will hold across four African Countries and in Dubai, UAE with the focus on The Future of Agribusiness.

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Ms Bola Oyedele, Crenov8 Director at the MTFC Ghana Press Conference

MTFC is an agro conference that aims to connect large scale agro commodity producers to buyers alike. Stakeholders from Africa and GCC will come together during a 2-day event to network, collaborate, and form potential business partnerships across borders. More importantly; African farmers, participants, exhibitors and delegates at this event will be able to leverage the business opportunities available to them in Dubai and other GCC countries.

Crenov8 embarked on this mission last year to create a platform that the African agricultural producers with the off takers in the Middle East and beyond to effectively translate business deals holding the first edition in Dubai last year.

According to Crenov8 Director, Bola Oyedele,“As a management Consulting firm, headquartered in Dubai, it was almost impossible to ignore the obvious gap that existed with regards to Agricultural trade. Indeed, it is discouraging to visit supermarkets in the UAE and have little or no representation of the nutrient-packed produce that come from the rich soils of Ghana in particular and West Africa in general. It was for this reason, that we embarked on a mission in 2017 to create a platform linking the African agricultural producers with the off takers in the Middle East and beyond to effectively translate business deals.”

“Ghana being an acknowledged agricultural country as evidenced by the facts including its contribution to Ghana’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) naturally, fits snugly into our model; that is our reason for being here with you this morning in order to have a useful conversation regarding what we need to do together to highlight Ghana’s Agricultural presence in the Middle East Region.” She said.

2017 MTFC which was held in Dubai received high governmental and political recognition, (moderated by H.E. Juma Al Kait: the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy Dubai, and underwritten by the CEO of Hamriyah Free Zone Authority; the largest free zone in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) H.E. Saud Salim) was hugely successful.

In her statement, Bola also confirmed that Crenov8 will be organising satellite conference in Ghana aside from the main MTFC conference in Dubai.

“We are having a satellite conference in Ghana; literally bringing to your doorstep, technical experts from Dubai and the Middle East whose task of an advisory nature should confidently prepare budding exporters for opportunities yawning out there to enable Agro produce business deals in the identified markets including major stakeholders on board from all participating countries as well as in-depth knowledge sessions bordering the topics of food safety laws in the UAE and other pertinent topics as well as engaging panel discussions.”

Present at the press briefing were: Managing Directors of Agribusinesses in Ghana, Presidents of Farmers Associations, Deputy minister for Food and Agriculture, Chairman for National Farmers and Fishermen Award Winners Association, Distinguished Guests, Journalists and a host of others.

The satellite conference holding in Ghana is scheduled to hold on July 4, 2018, at Kempinsky Gold Coast, Accra.  For sponsorship, exhibition and to attend, click here to register

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