Uyo conference to focus on agribusiness investment and jobs

Uyo is scheduled to host the fifth Agribusiness Roundtable International Conference, with organisers targeting investment, value-chain development, food security and job creation, Premium Times Nigeria reports. The event is expected to bring together global investors, policymakers, agricultural experts and industry executives. The source material does not state the conference dates, venue or the number of participants expected to attend.

Organisers have identified investment as one of the conference’s central aims. They also intend to focus on the development of agricultural value chains, a goal linked in the announcement with food security and employment. The report does not name the organisations responsible for convening the roundtable or identify any speakers, investors or government representatives expected at the event.

It also gives no details of projects, funding commitments or agreements that may be considered. No information is provided on the agricultural subsectors to be discussed, the amount of investment being targeted or how organisers will measure job creation. The available account establishes the conference’s stated objectives and the groups expected to attend, but does not support further claims about its programme or likely outcomes.