SIPSA-FILAHA 2023: what happened

What happened at SIPSA-FILAHA 2023

Algeria’s agricultural trade exhibition reached its 21st edition in 2023. It ran from 22 to 25 May at the Palais des Expositions, SAFEX, in Algiers, organised by SIPSA-FILAHA with the FILAHA INNOV’ think tank. The scope covered technology and supplies for crop farming and animal production. International participation included a French delegation, according to Business France.

The 2023 show linked primary production with processing and the services around it. Feed, livestock equipment, installations and infrastructure appeared as parts of one chain. Visitors had to sort the stands by role: who builds the equipment, who installs and connects it, and who supplies the inputs afterwards. Under a general innovation label those roles blur, and so does accountability after start-up.

Livestock farmers, crop producers, processors, integrators and distributors were the main audience, together with foreign firms looking for Algerian partners. For those firms, local support was the deciding issue. Equipment that needs specialist servicing has to come with trained technicians and operator training. Farm buyers looked at the whole installation path, from fitting into an existing building to the skills of the staff who would run it.

SIPSA-FILAHA 2023 made clear that Algeria’s requirements differ from those of its North African neighbours. The edition was most useful for companies that knew which link they served: machinery, livestock, processing or distribution. For them, Algiers offered a chance to qualify local partners and judge the support capacity a project would need.

Highlights

• 21st edition, held 22–25 May 2023 at SAFEX, Algiers
• French delegation took part, according to Business France
• Livestock, feed, equipment and processing presented as one chain

Sources

• world.businessfrance.fr
• inter-lignes.com