ENA State 2023-01-13 10:55:52 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 13 (KNN)</strong> The Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers Welfare, Govt of Kerala is organising a 2023 edition of the VAIGA (Value Addition for Income Generation in Agriculture) expo in Thiruvananthapuram from February 25 to March 2, 2023.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The agriculture expo is aimed at showcasing the current and emerging national and international trends in technology, product diversification, processing, machinery and marketing.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">As per reports, the State Agriculture department has invited Israel to have a pavilion at the 2023 edition of the VAIGA agricultural expo.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Senior officials of the department have approached the Israel Consulate in Bengaluru in this regard. But no decision had been finalised yet, Minister for Agriculture P. Prasad told The Hindu.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Apart from Israel, we hope to have the participation of a number of countries, including Vietnam, Prasad said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The six-day event will have International workshops, seminars, B2B meets, exhibitions and a Hackathon.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">VAIGA 2022-23 is proposed to be conducted on a greater magnitude with greater international reach and participation in order to showcase the immense potential for value addition in Kerala and to explore overseas business opportunities of our value-added agricultural products in the context of the approval of KERA (Kerala Climate Resilient Agri-Value Chain Modernisation) Project of World Bank, the government notice dated January 6 said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The first edition of VAIGA expo was held in 2016 to showcase trends in farming technology, products, processing, machinery and marketing. <em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 31928 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/state/vaiga-agri-expo-to-be-held-in-kerala-from-feb-25-to-march-2 2023-01-13 10:55:52 knnindia.co.in