Two summits set to tackle agricultural concerns

TWO African agriculture events running alongside each other in Nairobi next month will tackle the related problems of increasing productivity and decreasing waste.

The African Agri Council said yesterday: “Perishable products often suffer from supply-chain delays and post-harvest losses in remote areas, mostly due to poor infrastructure, lack of appropriate transport systems and a lack of refrigerated transport and storage.”

Nico Loretz, programme manager for the Agri Logistics and e-Agri East Africa Summits 2017, said: “It is against this background that the African Agri Council and Hypenica are hosting these two co-located events.”

The inaugural Agri Logistics and e-Agri East Africa Summits, taking place in the Kenyan capital from February 28 to March 1, will bring together international ICT, logistics and transport infrastructure professionals and a line-up of east African agricultural thought leaders. Highlights of the Agri Logistics East Africa Summit will include an in-depth look at first-mile transport and development, transport hubs for shipment, cold-chain logistics and supply-chain innovations and quality certification and customs management for exports.

The eAgri East Africa Summit 2017 will include a look at the value of holistic ICT for market linkages, translating agri-information technologies to the east African context, decision support systems and apps to support evidence-based decisions across agricultural value chains. – ANA