The Jubilee, 55th AGRA Fair, the largest and most important agricultural-food fair in Central Europe, will again this year serve numerous exhibitors innovations in the field of agriculture and the food industry, attractive exhibitions of farm animals and specimen crop plantations.
In Gornja Radgona from Saturday 26th to Thursday 31st August 2017, more than 1700 exhibitors from 30 countries around the world will be presented under the slogan "Traditionally fresh!" The key event to mark the 2017 fair will be the meeting of Central and Eastern European countries and the People’s Republic of China 16 + 1. An important mission of the mechanism, which in the field of forestry is leading precisely Slovenia, is to promote sustainable and multifunctional management of forests, green economy development and ecological culture, which will also receive important emphasis in the exhibition and professional fair program. At the AGRA Fair special attention will be paid to the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, food from our proximity, sustainable farming and forest management, and agricultural techniques for highly efficient and sustainable farming. The partner country will be China, with state and provincial presentations being given by numero0us other countries and regions.
Along with the above mentioned AGRA will, of course, present the world's leading brands of agricultural and forestry machinery, novelties in the field of equipment and means for the production of human and environmentally friendly foodstuffs and top-quality produce, nutritional products, meals, wines and products of the Slovenian food processing industry as well as supplementary activities of farms. At the exhibition venues, exhibitions, consultations and professional events, the most prominent state, chambers, economic and professional institutions will be presented.
The fair will be lively with presentations of indigenous animals, cattle, horses, pigs, sheep and goats in stables and arenas, as well as presentations of beekeeping, small animals and pond fish. There will be interesting workshops and guided tours of the central exhibition ground garden, the permacultural and demonstration garden, and the permanent hop plantation, Slovenian vine selection, and old varieties of apple trees and in the forest park garden. Agra will be accompanied by valuable professional consultations, important business gatherings, professional and social meetings as well as markets, tastings, competitions and entertaining events.
FOCUS
- International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
- food from our proximity
- sustainable farming
- sustainable forest management
- agricultural technology for highly effient and sustainable farming
Event link: http://www.pomurski-sejem.si/index.php/en/agra/about-agra-fair
