Ireland launches Africa development fund
Dublin, 21 Mar - (ANA) - Ireland has launched a €2 million Africa Agri-Food Development Fund as part of Ireland’s overseas development cooperation programme designed to support the development of new partnerships between the agri-food sectors in Ireland and Africa. The two-year pilot phase (2012 to 2013) will focus on Tanzania and Kenya, reports said. The programme is to encourage and support Irish agri-food companies to transfer knowledge and experience to the African agri-food sector in order to build and strengthen the African food industry and meet the continent’s food needs.(ANA)
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