Riyadh – September 11, 2014: Saudi
Agriculture 2014, the 33rd international agriculture, water and agro-industry trade
show, concluded yesterday (September 10, 2014) its four-day run at the Riyadh International Convention and
Exhibition Center. Around 25,000 specialized local, regional and international
visitors attended the event that hosted 350 exhibitors from 40 countries to
showcase the latest industry products and technologies to the local and
regional visitors.
Inaugurated by H.E. Dr. Fahd Abdulrahman Balghunaim, Minister of
Agriculture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Saudi Agriculture 2014 shed light on a variety of industry leading solutions and products represented
under various categories, including agriculture building construction, animal
health and production, finance and banking, machinery and equipment, chemicals
and fertilizers, fisheries and fish farming, greenhouses, irrigation and
landscaping equipment, and organic farming.
Dr. Tarun Bajaj, Head of the Indian Pavilion,
said: “Business relations between India and the Kingdom continues to remain
strong and has resulted in remarkable growth in the agriculture and agro-food fields--where
Indian food exports to the Kingdom currently stand at over USD 2 billion and still
continues to increase. We are aware of the major role played by Saudi
Agriculture in easing the communication with our local industry pillars to
further support business cooperation and therefore, we have been participating
regularly for the past 4 years to highlight our various selection of
best-of-breed products, technology and investment opportunities. Our
participation this year has increased into 50 companies, which is up from 30 in
the last edition and we look forward to furthering our participation in the
2015 edition.”
From another side, Daniel Cunningham,
Commercial Attache, said: “Agriculture sector forms around 47 per cent of the
total Irish exports to Saudi Arabia valued at EUR 1.1 billion. Saudi
Agriculture is an anchor event that offers our companies the right platform to
promote our leading products in the fields of engineering, equipment and waste
water technology solutions. The feedback from our first year at Saudi
Agriculture was very positive and we are glad with the quality of visitors and
topics being discussed and looking forward for a bigger participation next
year.”
The premier Saudi event also included The Saudi
Agriculture Seminar Series that focused during their two-day run on the four
key topics, including ‘Agribusiness in Saudi Arabia and Exploring Future Investment
Strategies,’ ‘Exploring Future of Greenhouse Management and Organic Farming in
Saudi Arabia,’ ‘Growing Industries of Poultry Farming and Aquaculture in Saudi
Arabia,’ and ‘Saudi Arabia Irrigation Challenges and Future Water Resource
Solutions.’
Held concurrently with Saudi Agriculture 2014 were
Saudi Agro-Food 2014, the 21st international trade show
for food products, ingredients and technologies, and Saudi Food-Pack 2014 – the 4th
international trade exhibition for food processing & packaging. The show is accredited by the Global
Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI).
