On Wednesday 31 March 2021, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mr Gaston Cossi DOSSOUHOUI, launched two information and exchange platforms for stakeholders in the agricultural system.
acteur-agricole.bj and agrizonecna.com are the result of cooperation between the Chambers of Agriculture of Benin and the Project to Support the Strengthening of Private Sector Actors (PARASEP). The first platform, intended for producers, gives consumers an overview of the products available and their prices. The second enables anyone who needs to do so to identify producers and agricultural stakeholders in the various value chains, as well as the organisations they belong to, throughout Benin, and to get in touch with them to buy their products or to establish business relationships.
On behalf of Ms Aurélie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Mr Gaspard DATONDJI, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry, reiterated the determination of the Government of His Excellency President Patrice TALON to revolutionise agriculture with digital tools. The Integrated Project for the Digital Transformation of Rural Regions (PITN2R), launched a few months ago, bears witness to this ambition of the Government, led by the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation. The Minister's representative then commended the various stakeholders for these platforms, which are fully in line with the vision of the digital and digitalisation sector. “For our agricultural stakeholders, they are an opportunity to make themselves known and to gain greater visibility both at home and abroad,” he added.