Nigeria By Jimoh Babatunde The Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Wouter Plomp, said the country had once faced the challenges of feeding a growing population with limited resources, just like Nigeria is facing now. But added that with innovation they were able to overcome the challenges. “The Netherlands, though a small nation, has a long and proud ...

2024 SIEMA EXPO is one of the special food products, food processing, packaging, and food machinery exhibitions in the international market organized by Elan Expo. This year’s event will hold from October 1st -3rd, 2024 at Casablanca, Morocco. We are growing annually in the Moroccan market; we are enlarging our international exhibitor scope according to our previous years ...

Photo source: Unsplash Dutch entities are evaluating Egypt as a viable market for climate and water smart agriculture advancements. This interest is driven by Egypt’s significant progress in this sector. A Study Tour, facilitated by the Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC) in partnership with Delphy and Dutchhouse Delta and funded by RVO, took place from February ...

Utrecht, Netherlands – 19th of December 2023  The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs has pledged EUR 8 million to AgriGRADE, an innovative approach to graduate the cooperative agricultural sector in emerging economies. The AgriGRADE concept, developed by SCOPEinsight, Agriterra, IDH, Oikocredit, and IDH FarmFit Fund, is a systematic and data-driven way of working that integrates ...

The Netherlands has been working with Ghanaian horticultural farmers and entrepreneurs for many years and sees the sector as one of the most prominent drivers for economic growth in Ghana. There are three main reasons to further strengthen the partnership in horticulture: economic growth, improved diets, and employment possibilities. Economic growth The agricultural sector is ...

Jeroen Verheul – Dutch Ambassador to GhanaMr Jeroen Verheul, the Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, has emphasised the need for the government to prioritise the agriculture sector and create a conducive environment for its flourishing. Ambassador Verheul emphasized that agriculture served as the backbone of the Ghanaian economy with farmers constituting a vital segment of the ...

During the much-anticipated visit by king Willem-Alexander and queen Máxima of the Netherlands to South Africa in October, agriculture will top the agenda. The king will be in South Africa from 18 to 20 October 2023 as per the invitation of President Cyril Ramaphosa. Thabile Nkunjana, an agricultural economist from the National Agricultural Marketing Council ...

Netherlands Consulate-General in Lagos, Michel Deelen Nigeria,  has said the horticultural project between Lagos and Netherlands, which  aims  to use vertical farming system to  lessen food insecurity  and  stimulate economic growth,  is on course. The diplomat, who spoke with The Nation on the sidelines of the new year reception in Lagos, said the Mission was ...