French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a €23 billion investment package for Africa targeting agriculture, energy transition, digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence and maritime industries during the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi. The two-day summit, hosted in Nairobi, forms part of France’s broader effort to redefine its relationship with Africa following years of strained diplomatic relations ...

France’s Minister of Agriculture Annie Genevard commended ties between Morocco and France while stressing the importance of selecting Morocco as the first foreign guest of honor at the International Agricultural Show in Paris. “Morocco is a great friend of France,” she said on Sunday, noting that Morocco’s selection shows a “true sign of friendship” between ...

The French Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E. Marc Fonbaustier, on a courtesy visit to IITA headquarters in Ibadan, reinforced the shared commitment between France and IITA to agricultural development, private sector engagement, and agricultural knowledge exchange. Expressing admiration for IITA’s work in a meeting with IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Africa, Dr Simeon ...

The 2024 calendar is marked by the upcoming European elections on June 9. Agriculture plays a major role in this area, and is the subject of much debate. Given the development of production in other parts of the world (USA, China, Russia and India), Europe must tackle numerous new challenges: balancing the growth in agriculture ...

A high-level delegation comprising heads of technical colleges of agriculture from Nigeria is set to embark on a pivotal mission to France next week. According to a statement issued on Friday by the French Embassy in Abuja, This mission is part of the WATEA project “Women in Agricultural Technical Education and Apprenticeship in Nigeria” granted ...

Everyone at SPACE in 2024! Today we unveil the visual of SPACE 2024!  Save the dates: 17, 18 and 19 September 2024 at Rennes Parc-Expo in France. The unmissable Exhibition for all the animal farming sectors: dairy, beef, poultry, pork, sheep, goat, rabbit and aquaculture, in France and internationally! 3 days dedicated to animal farming ...

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is aiming at industrialising agriculture in the Ashanti region and across the country through a partnership with France. The Asantehene believes funding and technical support from the French for value addition in agriculture will drive employment, cut imports and improve the export of Ghanaian produce. He addressed the French ...

The 37th edition of SPACE was held from Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 September at the Rennes Exhibition Centre, featuring 1,207 exhibitors. Among them, 241 were exhibiting at SPACE for the first time and 365 were international companies from 39 different countries. These exhibitors welcomed 90,771 visitors, including 12,125 international visitors from 122 countries. Overall, ...

From school benches to world renowned telehandlers Bobcat’s factory in Pontchâteau in France traces its history back to the early 20th century when Joseph Sambron transformed his school bench factory into a hub for farm machinery and bicycles. By 1920, the factory employed hundreds of workers and produced flour mills and cider presses. Following Joseph’s ...

In a bid to develop an effective strategy for improved agriculture and food markets, Nigeria and France recently signed a grant agreement of €1.2 million. The agreement was signed by the Federal Government of Nigeria, represented by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the French Ambassador to Nigeria, the Country ...