The World Avocado Congress in Colombia overcome expectations

Since 2015 when the country was selected headquarter, Colombia manages to exceed expectations by depleting the ticket office and tripling the assistance of the edition held in Lima, Peru, from 1050 to 3,247 attendees from 50 countries.

In addition, the event exceeded the eighth edition in number of participating companies by 700%, from 12 to 72 exhibiting companies. In total, the event achieved 4,300 formal meetings and more than 40,000 informal ones.

Concerning the academic agenda, 152 speakers attended 187 conferences and there were 53 avotalks. Some of them were transmitted, for the first time in the congress history, via streaming to 3 towns giving the opportunity than 600 personas related to the world avocado could access to them.

Some of these were transmitted, for the first time in the history of the congress, via streaming to three municipalities giving the opportunity for 600 people related to the world of avocado to access them.

The Vicepresident of the Republic, Marta Lucía Ramírez, was the person in charge for closing this event highlighting the importance of sustainability in agriculture and mentioned that Colombia is looking for becoming the number one world producer in the world. Juan Davod Mondragón, The President of the organizing committee of the event was the one who handed the headquarters of the tenth edition of the Congress to New Zealand that will take place in 2023.

The ninth edition of the World Avocado Congress resulted in a significant tourism investment in hotel, transportation and commerce. On the other hand, the capital of Antioquia and the organizers of the event Corpohass and AgriLink left the name of the country high celebrating the edition of the congress with greater assistance in its history.

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