{"id":21742,"date":"2024-06-04T14:45:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T14:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=21742"},"modified":"2024-06-04T14:45:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T14:45:23","slug":"government-of-ireland-africa-development-program-2024-aadp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/government-of-ireland-africa-development-program-2024-aadp\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Of Ireland Africa Development Program 2024 (AADP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Government of Ireland Africa Agri-food Development Programme is a joint initiative by the Ireland Ministry for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Ministry of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to support partnerships between Irish and African agri-food companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Objective of the AADP is to develop partnerships between the Irish Agri-Food Sector and African countries to support sustainable growth of the local food industry, build markets for local produce, and support mutual trade between Ireland and Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fund is designed to leverage greater expertise, experience and investment from the Irish agri-food sector and projects should demonstrate results with a long-term developmental impact that will ultimately lead to sustainable benefits through investment by the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Requirements<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The partners involved must include one Irish registered agri food company and one local commercial entity in Africa;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All proposed projects must be commercial in nature and focus. 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