The Mediterranean Agriculture Technologies Exhibition, which will be held for the eighth time in Bari from October 9th to 12th, once again proves to be an international event. Over 4,000 visitors and buyers from over 60 countries are expected during the four-day event. The list of foreign delegations is currently being finalized, with incoming delegations organized by the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) in collaboration with the manufacturers’ association FederUnacoma.
To date, more than 120 official delegates representing 35 African, Asian and European countries are expected. The Bari event attracts great interest not only in the nations bordering the Mediterranean and directly part of the basin (see Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Slovenia), but also in those (including Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Jordan) that make up a large part of its hinterland and which share some geo-climatic, soil and agricultural features of the former group. Of great importance, as the Federation of Manufacturers emphasizes, is the presence of operators from the main target countries of the Mattei Plan – Mauritania, Senegal, Ghana, Kenya, Angola, and Tanzania will be represented at Agrilevante (in addition to the aforementioned Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia) – which, as is well known, includes agriculture and agricultural technologies as one of its priority areas of intervention.
The pavilions of the Levante Fair will provide an opportunity for foreign delegates to view the technologies best suited to their country’s agricultural economies, with a range of more than 5,000 models on display, and to participate in business meetings with the exhibiting companies. Scheduled for the first two days of the event, October 9th and 10th, the business-to-business meetings are aimed at purchasing next-generation machinery and systems for the cereal, wine, olive oil, fruit and vegetable, livestock, and bioenergy supply chains. These meetings will take place, as in past events, in an area specially set up for the purpose in the northern area of the fairgrounds.
The foreign delegations’ pavilion, which offers reception and interpretation services provided by the ICE Agency and FederUnacoma, also features representatives of banks, brokerage firms, and law firms, with which FederUnacoma has signed agreements to provide personalized assistance in insurance, financial, and contractual matters. The Federation of Manufacturers expects that during the two-day internationally-focused event, manufacturers and delegates will engage in a total of 1,200 work meetings, a number matching that of Agrilevante 2023.
Still on the international front, the participation of ministers and government representatives from Senegal, Congo Brazzaville, Lebanon, Jordan, and Azerbaijan is being finalized to strengthen bilateral cooperation with the Italian government in the primary sector and in agricultural technologies. The attendance of Ghana’s Agriculture Minister, Eric Opoku, has already been confirmed. The exhibition will also be visited by a delegation of experts from the Asian Development Bank and institutional and non-institutional representatives from Kazakhstan and Turkey as part of a “Study Tour for Agribusiness Sector in Italy,” organized by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency (ICE).
