The 29th edition of Expo Agro Sinaloa, the Most Important Innovation and Business Forum in Northwestern Mexico was held on Feb 5-7 in its new location: the Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CITT) of Fundación Produce Sinaloa in Aguaruto, Sinaloa, Mexico.
In this edition Expo Agro was honored with the participation of 220 exhibiting companies, both domestic and foreign, the presence of countries such as the US, Spain, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, India and Russia, receiving about 37 thousand visitors during the 3 days this event was held.
For the fourth time, Eleven Rivers Growers participated in the Agroindustrial Pavilion, where we had the opportunity to have the visit of important entrepreneurs in the farming sector and members of our community, Mr. Quirino Ordaz Coppel – Governor of the State of Sinaloa, Mr. Jesús Estrada Ferreiro – Municipal President, Mr. Javier Lizárraga Mercado – Secretary of Economy, Eng. Bosco De La Vega Valladolid – Chairman at Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (CNA), Mr. Gustavo Rojo Plascencia – Chairman at CAADES, as well as representatives of other farming organizations such as the Produce Marketing Association (PMA), of the Fruit and Vegetable Alliance for the Promotion of Social Responsibility (Ahifores), of the Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture (AMHPAC), in addition to other companies producing and marketing fresh products with domestic and foreign presence, interested in food safety and social responsibility verifications being carried out in farming companies that are members of our community.
In addition to the above, this event had an interesting conference program, where Mr. Daniel Cárdenas Cevallos had an important participation. There was also an International Agribusiness Center where there were 12 international buyer countries, and over 364 business meetings were carried out.
This event also included the presence of 56 brands from Sinaloa of processed products, participating at the PyMe pavilion, which also had the opportunity to conduct business meetings with various commercial chains.