Food Manufacturing Journal - Middle East & Africa Magazine - April 2014

In this issue

Back to the farms
IN THIS ISSUE, we focus on Africa where untapped resources are high but food security continues to be a menacing issue. As you know, 2014 has been declared the Year of Agriculture and Food Security by the African Union. It has set impressive targets of one day seeing Africa produce its own food and becoming a net food exporter. It has even targeted zero hunger by 2025. Perhaps lofty, given the current situation and the challenges that food companies face such as storage, infrastructure, and other logistical difficulties. But wasn’t it John F. Kennedy who said that ambitions wouldn’t be ambitions if they weren’t lofty? Whether or not Africa can accomplish its goals by then, the important thing is that governments now are initiating more programmes to accelerate agriculture, particularly in the sub-Saharan region.

Food Manufacturing Journal - Middle East & Africa Magazine Description:

Food Manufacturing Journal - Middle East & Africa is published 6x a year in English with highlights in Arabic. The magazine provides the region's food & beverage processing industry with the latest information and technologies on ingredients, processing and packaging, food safety and regulatory issues. It offers practical solutions to improve productivity, reduce cost, and turn innovations into real competitive advantages as well as the latest market information, trade show reviews and videos, and people and company profiles, written by industry experts and correspondents across the region. Also included are exclusive content and articles from industry professionals throughout the Middle East and Africa and from Ringier's family of food industry magazines covering Greater China region, South East Asia and other parts of the world, inclduing International Food & Beverage Ingredients News for China, China Food Manufacturing Journal, FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal, and Modern Food Processing (India). The interactive content allows readers to make direct and immediate contact with advertisers/suppliers and featured companies in the editorial by clicking on the web site and email addresses in each issue, access online content in Ringier’s food website (food.industrysourcing.com), and avail of video content through iTunes and Google Play.