The Minister in charge of the Environment, Roger Baro opened Friday in Ouagadougou, the 3rd edition of Africa Food Packaging (AFoodPack), a trade fair dedicated to agri-food packaging in Africa and aims to build a sustainable and innovative future for the industry in this sector.Organized by ICE-T Investment, this edition, which is held over two days with around 600 participants, is placed under the theme "Vocational training opportunities in the agri-food packaging industry in Burkina Faso".For Minister Baro, this exhibition is of capital importance for his department in view of the current situation on the issue of plastic, adding that in terms of preserving the ecosystem, there are many expectations for this exhibition.According to him, AFoodPack is welcome because it comes at a time when the Burkinabe government has adopted a draft law to ban plastic packaging."This forum is a place of expression for the change of behavior of all Burkinabe so that we can have packaging that lives up to Burkina Fa so. It also gives us the opportunity to imagine the type of packaging we want for our products," added Minister Baro.The Agri-Food Packaging Show in Africa is an event that brings together local and international players around agri-food packaging. The event aims to build a sustainable and innovative future for the packaging industry in Africa through four priorities.Priority 1: Strengthening local capacities through collaboration with universities, technical schools and vocational training centers to develop academic programs specific to agri-food packaging.Priority: 2 Innovation and technology dedicated to investment in research and development to promote more environmentally friendly, efficient packaging materials adapted to our local markets.Priority 3: Sustainable development, indeed, packaging must be seen as a solution, but not as a problem. We must adopt circular economy practices, reduce single-use plastics and increase the recyclability of materials.Priority 4: Strategic partnerships, this will involve working together with governments, the private sector, academic institutions and NGOs to create an ecosystem favorable to innovation and entrepreneurship in packaging.Source: Burkina Information Agency
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