8th SIAM: A great attendance that warmed the hearts of the initiators

The forecasts of the initiators of the 8th edition of the International Agricultural Exhibition of Morocco, which was held from April 24 to 28, were quite judicious. They expected a large attendance and that was the case. Some 450,000 people, between professionals and the general public, visited the Exhibition during the first four days, indicated, on Saturday, Jaouad Chami, commissioner of the Exhibition. In light of this influx, the number of visitors could, according to him, largely exceed the forecasts which counted on 600,000 people. "These figures confirm the exhibitors in commercial activity. We saw that cooperatives and associations had already exhausted their stocks on Friday," added Mr. Chami, who said he expected the machinery pole to achieve a very significant turnover during this edition which is being held under the theme "agricultural trade" and whose guest of honour is B…