Geographical Areas of Interest - Mediterranean and Middle East
Promoting best practices and technology upgrading opportunities in agro industry to Iraq and Lebanon 10-14 November 2010, Bologna, Italy UNIDO ITPO Italy, in cooperation with UNIDO PTC/AGR/AIT and in the framework of UNIDO’s Special Project for Iraq and UNIDO’s Laiser Project for Lebanon, organized an agenda to inform Iraqi and Lebanese delegation about best practices and opportunities to upgrade technology to further develop agro industry in both countries. The Study Tour observed agricultural technologies and led the Delegations to B2B meetings held at EIMA, the International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition. In addition other study visits and business meetings were also held outside the exhibition.
The Delegations had the opportunity to visit Argo Tractors SpA
Lebanese delegation at EIMA 2010
(Landini and McCormick brands), one of the leading Italian tractor producers. The technical visit to the tractor manufacturing plant, located in Fabricco, allowed the participants to observe all the assembly process, which counts on the most advanced and highly-automated assembly methods and skilled human resources capable of developing products in the short, medium, and long term. It should be noted that this technology is useful for any type of tractor, including tailor-made ones. The second visit was to Menu Srl, a well known food processing company, that produces more than 450 different products for the entire food market for the Ho.Re.Ca. channel, with a turnover exceeding Euro 52 million. The delegation visited the whole
Visit to Argo Tractors Spa (Fabricco - MO)
production facility (about 30,000 m2) located in Cavezzo, in the Province of Modena.
During the Exhibition, ITPO Italy gave direct assistance to the Iraqi and Lebanese delegations to make sure they could observe the latest models and cutting edge technologies available in the agriculture sector in Italy. In particular, seed drill-till machines; chickpea/lentil harvesters, water irrigation systems, and other farming equipments. The Iraqi representatives were most interested in innovative irrigation and water resource management techniques for agricultursl use that could be suitable for the Ninewa Governorate.
Visit to Menu Srl (Cavezzo - MO)
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