The 7th African Grain Trade Summit will be hosted by the Eastern African Grain Council (EAGC) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from October 5 to 7, 2017. Theme of this year’s summit is “Setting New Horizons: Rethinking Grain Trade for Food Security and Prosperity in Africa”.

The African Grain Trade Summit is the biennial high-level, internationally-recognized grain industry conference that brings together business influencers, policymakers and other critical stakeholders from across the African continent and beyond – including heads of state and government, ministers, private sector business leaders, researchers and development partners – for discussions about key issues and emerging trends in the grain sector on the continent.

The Summit provides evidence-based, thought-provoking discussions on the grain sector from national, regional, continental and global viewpoints, thus helping to chart coherent and holistic development pathways for the African grain sector.

Since its inception in 2005 under the USAID Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support Program (RATES) programme, the Summit has continuously attracted a growing number of participants across a broad spectrum of the grains supply chain.

In addition to the opportunity to interact with grain industry experts addressing a wide range of issues and trends affecting grain trade, delegates benefit from enhanced networking opportunities for concreting business relationships with a vast array of influential players in the industry attending the event.