Spain: 2016 Agroexpo increases the participation of companies

The trade fair institution of Extremadura (FEVAL) will host from 27 to 30 January AGROEXPO the XXVIII edition of International Fair, whose inauguration will be attended by the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina. A total of 222 companies from Spain and Portugal, representing well over 500 brands from Italy, France, Germany and Israel will attend this year, representing an increase of 8% over last year, according to official data.

Manuel Parejo Gómez, CEO of FEVAL, stressed during the presentation of Agroexpo some of the novelties of this edition, as is the increased presence of companies and professionals in Portugal through tutored organizing visits to the fair, establishing an agenda visits and meetings with exhibitors, accompanied by a translator.

Another novelty of Agroexpo is the opening hours of the exhibition area, which will open at 11:00 to 20:00, to give greater prominence to the conference program that will begin early in the morning, among which highlighted the dedicated to pomegranate cultivation “as a possible alternative to traditional crops, as it is not implemented in the region and we have the necessary conditions to do so.”

On the other hand, explained the possibility of registration to attend the show for free through the website FEVAL agroexpo.feval.com and by generating an electronic entry into the mobile application of the competition which will be available in the coming days. Through this app you can access the list of exhibitors, site plans, the program of technical seminars, and the application of meetings and interviews with exhibitors, among other functions.
A year Agroexpo again feature the Dron space where the latest innovations will be displayed in the use of drones for agricultural use “where not only the equipment will be in flight if farmers and agricultural service companies can check insitu how data is processed and interpreted, so that they can assess the usefulness of this technology. ”

The CEO also stressed that FEVAL placed one Business Space for use by entrepreneurs and exhibitors that require a “more intimate and quietly” place for negotiations, as well as the Exhibitor Office with a single point of attention.
Also it will be held the fourth edition of the Awards for Business Innovation to concurring ten products; the IV Awards The Besana; Maneuverability VII Contest Exhibition and the Second Agricultural Machinery Museum of Antigua.

Finally, he recalled that a year will be performing live radio program Agropopular (Cadena Cope) led by Cesar Lumbreras, on Saturday 30th January.

Technical seminars

At the ceremony was present Manuel Mejias, CEO of Rural Development of the Government of Extremadura, who underlined that the event is a forum of reference for farmers, not only regionally but also nationally and internationally. “It is an ideal space to share knowledge, meet and start new trade by making it a must for industry professionals,” he stated.

The Ministry of Environment and Rural and Agricultural Land Policy will have a stand at the event, but also will be present with several technical workshops on irrigation modernization and realization of new irrigation, the CAP and Rural Development Plan 14 -20 (PDR). Mejias stressed that “when we talk about modernization and new irrigation talk about job creation and wealth, so the challenges of modernization will be addressed, to where to go in new irrigation, and explain the agenda that has launched the Ministry responsible for water, ie Agenda 2020 irrigation of Extremadura endowed with 87.5 million euros. ” In addition, it will also be discussed in the framework of the new PDR, adopted on November 18, with an amount of 1,107 million euros.

According to the general director of Rural Development, on new irrigation and Agenda 2020, under Agroexpo will deepen irrigation Tierra de Barros, where the issue of funding will address the request for the declaration of general interest and forthcoming establishment of a working group with the Community of Irrigators. As for the irrigation of Monterrubio, Mejias stressed that it is working with the Community of Irrigators to present a viable project “that is viable for farmers and thereafter will begin to work with the Ministry to implement the agreement that was He signed in 2011. ” Finally, he referred to the work being done in commissioning irrigation Arroyo del Campo, covering the triangle Don Benito Villanueva-La Haba, and the feasibility study to be presented to farmers.

On the other hand, José María Naranjo, President of the Organizing Committee Agroexpo, has been worth expanding the number of members on that committee “and now has the Irrigation Communities, representatives of Portugal, of the media, producers, manufacturers , etc. Agroexpo to be the product of a joint effort. ”

The event was also attended by Miguel Angel Gallardo, president of the Provincial de Badajoz, who has shown support for Agroexpo and FEVAL, “because there were those who wanted to deflate the institution, denature promoting other shows that had nothing to do with its function, so I’m sure it will be a success because behind it is great professionals, “he stated.

Finally, the mayor of Don Benito, Jose Luis Quintana, stressed the progress achieved in the last 25 years in the Extremadura countryside “something that has a lot to do FEVAL and Agroexpo” he said. Also, Quintana has referred to the symbiosis between business and FEVAL that has occurred in the new stage of the institution “in which entrepreneurs speak, they listen and decide”.

Source: Agroexpo