FIMA promotes the transfer of knowledge as a strategic tool
The common denominator of each of the days of FIMA 2018, which has been held at the fairgrounds of Zaragoza from 20th to 24th February, has been the leading role of knowledge as a strategic tool for the future of the sector. In this line, the agri-food professionals have had the opportunity to enjoy more than fifty activities in the framework of the international fair. Activities that formed an extensive program of technical conferences, which would culminate throughout the fourth day of the International Fair of Agricultural Machinery of Zaragoza.
Parallel to the exhibition area, which exceeds 161,000 square meters distributed in eleven pavilions, professionals have had the opportunity to draw on important experiences and discussions, which have been held in the congress area of Feria de Zaragoza.
FIMA has hosted presentations, conferences, forums and press conferences in which topics as important as professionalization, innovation, mechanization, precision agriculture, digitalization or sustainability have been put on the table
One of the main objectives of Feria de Zaragoza is to provide value and knowledge to professionals in the agri-food sector. Therefore, as explained by the general director of the fair, Rogelio Cuairán, “the organization of FIMA constantly works to collaborate in the dissemination of skills and achieve improvements for the professionalization of agriculture”. That is why Feria de Zaragoza has the capacity to concentrate for five days an important volume of talent in the agri-food sector.
In this sense, on the day of February 23th the College of Agricultural Technical Engineers of Aragon has presented the conference “mechanization and sustainable use in agriculture of the future”. There, the speakers have raised several lines of debate that revolved around the rapid evolution of mechanization in agricultural activity. Likewise, the contribution of new technologies and the creation of knowledge exchange networks among market agents have led the speeches of this meeting.
Following the congress, a large number of professionals attended the meeting organized by Agromillora and the CITA – Center for Research and Agri-Food Technology of Aragon, “The new time of almendricultura: new varieties and formats of plantation”. The lecturers have addressed topics such as new cultivation techniques, their opportunities and disadvantages, the present and future of the activity or the profitability of the production of this fruit. In addition, the book “The cultivation of the almond tree: The almond tree II. Techniques and material of culture” was presented.
Source: Zaragoza Fair
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