The development of «smart» agriculture is a driver of strengthening Italian-Kazakh trade and economic cooperation

October 19, 2021 Bologna - By the invitation of the National Federation of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers of Italy, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Italian Republic, Yerbolat Sembayev participated in the opening ceremony of the international exhibition of agricultural machinery EIMA International 2021.

EIMA International is the International Exposition of Machinery for Agriculture and Gardening, a biennial event created in 1969 by the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation. The fair hosts about 1950 companies from 50 countries exhibiting more than 50,000 models of machinery and equipment for all types of agricultural operations or green work for every model of enterprise.

During his visit to EIMA International 2021, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan, Y.Sembayev has met with the President of the National Federation of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers of Italy, Alessandro Malavolti, where the parties agreed to organize a visit of the first pool of Italian agricultural machinery manufacturers to Kazakhstan and the possibility of organizing similar exhibitions for the Central Asian region in Kazakhstan.

Furthermore, the Ambassador Y.Sembayev has held bilateral meetings with the heads of the world famous Italian companies LUCCHINI and Irritec, which produce «smar» irrigation systems, equipment and components for different types of greenhouses. As a result of the meetings, Italian companies have expressed their enormous interest in organizing their production in Kazakhstan.