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Agricultural show: Nigeria and Sudan meet the French market
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Overview at the 58th agricultural show in Paris, February 26, 2022. © LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP
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African countries at the Agricultural Show which opened in Paris this Saturday, February 26, 2022. Alongside the many Ivorian stands, Sudan and Nigeria are represented by peasants.
They came to present their products and create partnerships to penetrate the French market.
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Distributors, chambers of commerce, etc.
Mouna Hassan Merani has a string of meetings.
She came to promote Sudanese arboriculture.
On his stand, dried fruits, gum arabic and coffee.
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We must add value to all our products and we want the French to be able to test them.
It's very important for us to be there... Even if our country has big political problems, we hope to bring back some success there.
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Search for distributors for the European market
Funke Bolujoko, tea producer in Mowe north of Lagos, highlights her 100% natural products.
A trend that works well on the European market: “
My mission is to meet distributors who could promote and sell our products in France and Europe.
I met one earlier... he is very interested in ensuring the distribution of our teas in Morocco and here in France.
So I try to convince even more.
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Nigeria is betting on agriculture.
It represents a quarter of its GDP.
But exports of these products such as cocoa, sesame or cashew nuts experienced a significant drop at the end of 2021.
►Also read: Paris Agricultural Show, Rwanda is there with its Arabica coffee in particular
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