Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of IITA, said that the symposium aimed to bring together different stakeholders including public institutions, private
partners and donors
along with scientists, researchers, industry
partners, farmers and other stakeholders across the
value chain to draw a roadmap for a sustainable cocoa sector in the region.
Thus for example experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA are working together with the University of Stuttgart and
partners from industry in the ARENA2036 project to redesign future automobile development and production
along the entire
value creation
chain.