Growtech Eurasia 15th Antalya Agricultural Fair brought together products and services related to Greenhouse and Technologies, Agricultural Technologies and Equipment, Irrigation Systems, Seed Growing, Seedling Cultivation, Plant Nutrition and Protection, Biological Control, Agricultural Machinery and Equipment with national and international achievements for 4 days and offered the latest technologies, products and methods to exhibitors and visitors.
Mentioning that they brought together all the components needed in the agricultural industry within the organization of Growtech Eurasia, UBM EMEA (Istanbul) Fairs Group Director Engin Er said "Growtech Eurasia Antalya Agricultural Fair received the largest attention this year. We broke the record of the previous 15 years in the number of visitors and reached 79,624 visitors from 77 countries. We enlarged our fairgrounds by 15% compared to last year for 683 exhibitors from 30 countries. We also generated over 550 million dollars business volume with the opportunities that we offered to our exhibitors and visitors including a Buying Committee of 40 persons from 10 countries, which are Albania, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kosovo, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Tunisia under the organization of West Mediterranean Exporters Union as coordinated by the Ministry of Economy."
As in every year, new products and methods have been introduced throughout the fair. Tomatoes containing 3 times more lycopene compared to normal tomato and high rate of aroma which is only observed in fruits, companies that build and commission turn-key vineyards and orchards and giant tractors with prices on par with Ferrari cars and hay bale machine were the highlights of the event.
Organized for the 8th time in Growtech Eurasia Fair, Growtech Agricultural Awards were also granted during the event. As 19 projects were submitted for the awards, the winners were AGROWELD GREENHOUSE TECHNOLOGIES in the Greenhouse Technologies category, DOKTAR TARIM in Agricultural Informatics and Consultation category, GEOFLOW in Irrigation Systems and Equipment category, GAP AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE in the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment category and KOPPERT and YEDİTEPE SAĞLIK HİZMETLERİ in Plant Nutrition and Protection categories. The companies received their awards personally from the jury.
The Main Sponsor for Growtech Eurasia 2015 Agricultural Fair was Bactogen, a company that produces organic fertilizers with an Innovative Agriculture approach, the Communication Sponsor was Turkcell, a company who also offered the first personal agricultural consultation service in the world with Turkcell Farmer Union, and the Co-sponsor was Findeks, the new financial service platform designed for individuals and the real sector.
