BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 5. The 19th Azerbaijan
International Agricultural Exhibition (Caspian Agro) and the 31st
Azerbaijan International Food Industry Exhibition (InterFood
Azerbaijan) started their work in Baku today, Trend reports.
The region's agricultural and food industry exhibitions, Caspian
Agro Week and InterFood Azerbaijan, are important events of the
year that bring together all players operating in the relevant
fields.
The Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan provides
organizational support to the exhibitions.
At the same time, the Caspian Agro Week and InterFood Azerbaijan
exhibitions are supported by the Food Safety Agency of Azerbaijan,
the Small and Medium Business Development Agency of Azerbaijan, the
Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Agency (AZPROMO), the
National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers) Organizations
of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan Food and Beverage Industrialists
Association (AFBIA), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of
the United Nations and the Azerbaijan Exhibition Organizers
Association.
So far, 447 companies from 45 countries around the world have
confirmed their participation in the exhibitions. The geography of
the exhibitions includes, in addition to Azerbaijan, Germany, the
U.S., Belarus, Benin, the U.K., Brazil, South Korea, South Sudan,
Czech Republic, China, Georgia, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Finland,
France, India, Indonesia, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Cameroon, Latvia,
Mexico, Egypt, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Ghana, Kazakhstan,
Russia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Türkiye,
Turkmenistan, Greece, Japan, Vietnam, Zambia and other
countries.
At the same time, within the framework of the exhibitions,
Germany, Belarus, Brazil, Georgia, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands,
and Indonesia will present their agricultural and food industry
products in the format of national groups. AFAZ (Africa-Azerbaijan
Cooperation) will participate with a separate stand, and this stand
will be represented by companies from the following countries:
Benin, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Nigeria,
Ghana, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, and Zambia. AFAZ and Brazil are
participating in these exhibitions for the first time.
One of the innovations introduced at the exhibitions is that in
2026, the InterFood Azerbaijan exhibition will be concentrated in a
single space - in the 4th pavilion of the Baku Expo Center. Thus,
all local and foreign companies representing the food industry will
present their products to visitors in this pavilion. This approach
allows visitors to save time within the exhibition and follow all
the innovations related to the food sector in a single place, more
conveniently.
Being the largest agricultural exhibition in the region, Caspian
Agro Week covers such areas as agricultural machinery, facilities
and equipment, irrigation systems, packaging, innovative
technologies in agriculture, livestock and poultry farming,
veterinary medicine, plant growing, fruit and vegetable growing,
floriculture, waste processing, logistics, and electronic
agriculture.
At the same time, the exhibition includes sections on artificial
intelligence, smart villages, startups, IT services, robotics,
drones and "green agro" in the "Smart Agro" direction.
The InterFood Azerbaijan exhibition presents products and
services in the food industry, beverages, sweets, dairy products,
confectionery and flour products, fruits and vegetables, packaging,
food technologies, as well as halal food and other sections.
A business program will be presented within the framework of
Caspian Agro Week and InterFood Azerbaijan events program during
four days. The program includes international forums, panel
discussions, industry presentations, and master classes, as well as
traditional B2B and B2G meetings.
Photo: Arif Guluzade
