| SIAGRO
2008 is :
-
A showcase for the
dissemination of new
technologies for the
production and processing
of agricultural produce
;
-
a forum for the promotion
of products and services;
-
a unique venue for
partnership meetings
and sharing experiences
among professionals
from the targeted
sectors and activity
areas.
In this respect, it
has three major components:
one component devoted
to materials, products
and services, another
component reserved for
conferences and symposiums,
and seminars, and a
third component for
professional meetings,
called the Partnership
Stock Exchange.
• The Exhibition
Component :
The assessment of the
previous edition, as
well as the information
collected among sponsors
and African economic
operators from the sector,
have enabled to establish
a list of possible needs;
1. For the agricultural
sector :
• Machines,
materials and farming
equipment;
• Materials
and equipment for
sowing, planting,
horticulture, market
gardening ;
• Materials
with fertilising substances,
fertilisers, plastics;
• Materials
for plant caring and
protection and phytosanitary
products;
• ∑ Materials,
equipment and technical
supplies for:
-
harvest (cereals,
roots, fruit and vegetables)
;
- cereal, fruit and
vegetable processing,
etc. ;
- storing and packaging;
- transport of products;
•farming
supplies (seeds, fertilisers,
inputs for organic agriculture
) ;
• irrigation materials
and pumps;
• materials and
equipment for environmental
protection and rural
area maintenance;
• agricultural
engineering and services;
• processed and
non-processed produce
• Etc.
2. For the animal
husbandry sector :
•
Cattle and poultry
breeding ;
• Technical
products and equipment
for traditional animal
husbandry and farm-type
animal
production;
• Processing,
storing and packaging
materials ;
• Etc.
3. For the fishing
sector:
•
Development and fishing
equipment (landing wharfs,
culture sites, etc.)
;
• Operating and
storing equipment for
fishing products ;
• Materials and
equipment for aquaculture
and fish farming ;
• Fishing products
( natural, processed
and/.or manufactured)
;
• Etc.
The “100% African
micro supermarket”,
a special forum set
up and developed as
part of SIAGRO, devoted
mainly to the promotion
and sale of processed
quality local products,
will be operational
during the fair in order
to enable participants
and visitors to taste
African flavours.
• Conferences,
symposiums, seminars,
etc. :
These
events will be organized
within the framework of
the days devoted to each
of the sectors and in
relation to the various
major products, namely:
- milk ;
- poultry farming;
- cereals ;
- fruit and vegetables
;
- aquaculture and
fish farming;
- biofuels
- etc.
• Professional
meetings
• Professional
meetings will be organised
in the form of a BE
to BE partnership stock
exchange, bringing together
African, European sponsors
plus other participants
attending the forum
;
• Also scheduled
are: visits to farms,
enterprises for the
production and processing
of local products, and
to factories for the
processing, exporting
and /or manufacturing
of fishing products.
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