Chairman's Editorial - 2024 Edition

At a time when climatic disturbances are seriously disrupting agricultural production such as cereals in northern Constantinois, the year 2024 has seen the food issue exploited to its furthest limits by geopolitical upheavals. It has become a weapon with the taste of final extermination in the service of the war crimes and genocide underway in Gaza, which the Zionist entity is carrying out coldly before the eyes of the whole world. It's only natural that the GRFI should seize upon a current event that has imposed itself on everyone, to discuss the nature of what are shaping up to be forces at work with major impacts on the way in which the agricultural question is viewed.

It is in this spirit of self-reliance on a regional, if not continental, scale that we have taken the initiative of organizing in
in close collaboration with the Institut Sénégalais des Recherches Agronomiques (ISRA), a Pan-African Conference on food issues.

Ten African countries have been invited to the conference.
The collective contribution of their delegations is a precious stone in the edifice of food security, seen above all as a dynamic territorial continuum. The driving force behind this is support for South-South trade flows, so that together we can build vast areas of shared prosperity.
The SIPSA-FILAHA AFRIKA FOOD EXPORT show is the itinerant receptacle for this in Africa. SIPSA-FILAHA AFRIKA FOOD EXPORT aims to boost trade
intra-African agriculture.
As for the SIPSA-FILAHA show held at Safex, it gives us an idea of the quality level of our national production, particularly in the chemical and mechanical industries.
For our region, Mauritania's geopolitical position makes it a de facto hub for agricultural trade between West Africa and the Maghreb.
The decision to build a road between Mauritania and Algeria prompted SIPSA-FILAHA to make Mauritania the guest of honor at this 22nd event.
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The presence of a high-ranking official Mauritanian delegation accompanied by the most important players from this sister country, particularly in the field of fisheries production, will give a dynamic boost to our trade.
At the same time as the Pan-African Conference adopts the Algiers Declaration on the food issue, SIPSA-FILAHA & AFRIKAFOOD organize a series of debates.
and socio-professional sectors such as the blue economy, smart agriculture & export. We are proud to announce that SIPSA-FILAHA 2024 welcomes
this year 700 exhibitors and 35,000 trade visitors on 35,000 m2 of floor space, providing forward-looking answers to the questions posed by the forums and conference.
Pan-African issues. Control of our agriculture is a sine qua non for securing our hard-won freedoms.