Rabat – Morocco started its 17th International Agricultural Fair (Siam) in Meknes on Monday. Agriculture Minister Ahmed El Bouari announced that the event should attract over a million visitors this year.
“Water in the heart of sustainable development” serves as the topic of this edition. El Bouari spoke of Siam’s topic and described it as a “very important topic” against the background of the climate challenges that the world faces today.
The North African country in front of the recent rainfall had gone Through an intensive drought with a decline of over 40% precipitation, a decrease of 75% in water reserves and an alarming exhaustion of the underground water resources.
However, Morocco managed to manage the water crisis through several strategies, including impaired irrigation, temporary permits for groundwater extraction, desalination and water transport.
Speaking of France’s position as a guest of honor at Siam 2025, the minister, the minister said that this choice “demonstrates the strength of relationships between Morocco and France, especially in agricultural development and nutritional security.”
Visitors can explore a wide range of products and state -of -the -art agricultural machines at the fair.
The event aims to promote agricultural and cattle production and at the same time to promote important sectors of the regional economy, including agribusiness and food processing industry.
Siam has successfully established itself as one of the essential agricultural events of Africa.
It now serves as the main platform for meetings and partnership options between different stakeholders and operators in the agricultural ecosystem.
The international fair extends over 12.4 hectares in the historical heart of Meknes and offers a platform for over 1,500 exhibitors from 70 countries. The aim is also to discover visitors and international participants the agricultural assets and ambitions of Morocco, which range from advanced machines, new agricultural techniques and a variety of regional products.
More than one platform for the exhibition of agricultural products and technologies, Siam Is An arena for scientific conversations and panels held by experts, which discuss how Morocco and his colleagues can avoid the hurdles of climate change in a way that serves to preserve agricultural ecosystems.
By promoting the exchange between experts and agriculture, institutions, institutions and entrepreneurs, the fair also strives to promote practices and technologies that are able to achieve permanent sovereignty of food in order to contribute to the world’s nutritional security.
