The 2nd West Africa Cold Chain Summit & Exhibition 2019 organised by OTACCWA holds from Tuesday 5th
to Wednesday 6th November 2019 at Radisson Blu Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
The theme for this inaugural event is “Harnessing Cold Chain Technologies for Post-Harvest Loss

Reduction, Effective Healthcare Delivery and Economic Growth in West Africa.” Over the years, Post-Harvest Loss (PHL) has constituted a significant problem and challenge across sub-Saharan Africa, with recent studies pegging rates as high as 50%, especially in perishable nutritious foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables. This accounts for low incomes for farmers and the high price variations in the supply of
these nutritious foods. The significance of cold chain is not only critical to the food value chains for PHL reduction, but also healthcare delivery as well. The lack of cold-chain impacts on both nutritious foods supply and our health care delivery systems, especially in the storage, transportation and the distribution of these essential food commodities for improving our overall nutritional status and pharmaceutical
products such as vaccines for primary health care delivery efforts.

At this summit, we shall engage with government, primary producers, private sector, industry, market
commodity and trade associations, research and academia, professional associations., development
partners and agencies and regulatory bodies to discuss ways to deploy cold chain technologies to address
these identified challenge.

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