Espace Martinique will be absent from the 2024 International Agricultural Exhibition in Paris

Espace Martinique will be absent from the 2024 International Agricultural Exhibition in Paris

Due to lack of funds, Martinique will not have a designated pavilion as was the case in previous years for the 60th anniversary of the International Agricultural Exhibition. However, some exhibitors from the island will be present. The SIA will be held from February 24 to March 3, 2024 at Porte de Versailles in Paris.

The announcement was made by the Martinique Chamber of Agriculture on Monday (January 22). For financing reasons, “to“Martinique will not be determined through ESPACE MARTINIQUE, coordinated by the Chamber of Agriculture.” in International agricultural exhibition 2024.

Unlike its overseas or French counterparts, the Martinique Chamber of Agriculture directly guarantees the project management, project management and pre-financing of Espace Martinique at SIA. Subsidies are granted to cover part of the financial costs of the operation. However, the cash flow of the consular institution does not allow it to provide all the funds necessary to implement the SIA project.

Press release from the Chamber of Agriculture of Martinique

“Martinique will still be there This big meeting is in 2024.”The Martinique Chamber of Agriculture reassures those who… SIA is “An opportunity to strengthen the agricultural sector, but also and above all the destination of Martinique.”

The island will be represented by some of the exhibitors, honeys, beers, punches and rums competing at the CGA (Concours Général Agricole).

For your information, after three years of absence, Martinique returned to the International Agricultural Exhibition in 2023. Nearly 15 institutional and commercial pavilions were present at Espace Martinique on an area of ​​​​approximately 400 square metres.2.

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The Chamber of Agriculture hopes to boost production and destination Martinique again at SIA 2025.

To do this, she suggests “Establish a promotion committee that will have its own organization and funds to promote our agricultural production locally and beyond our borders, especially in SIA“.

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