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Feb 02, 2017
(From left to right): Mahktar Diouf, from the Senegal Ministry of Livestock and Animal Production, and Josh Neiderman, regional director for Africa, visit the USSEC booth at the Atlanta poultry show.
American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA/WISHH) Africa staff were in Atlanta this week hosting a delegation from Senegal and Nigeria, West Africa.
Josh Neiderman and Chris Slemp led five African poultry and feed representatives, both private sector and local government, as the group met with U.S. equipment exporters, commodity traders and university specialists.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emerging Markets Program funded the travel of the African delegation.
Executive Director Jim Hershey also met delegations from Ghana and other WISHH stakeholders, such as Kansas State University and Iowa State University.
Ghana, Senegal and Nigeria all import U.S. soy protein and a growing demand for poultry products suggests further market growth.
