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The 12th International the agriculture and food processing industries
Fair of Innovations in MYVT [OL ÄLSKZ [V [OL MVVK THYRL[ MVJ\ZLK VU
Agriculture, Food In- sustainable, environmentally friendly, and en-
dustry and Agricultural LYN` LѝJPLU[ WYVK\J[PVU HUK ^VYRÅV^Z
mechanization AGRO The fair gathered about a hundred exhibi-
ARCA 2021, organized tors from 12 countries (the Republic of Iraq,
by the Union of Croa- the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of
tian Innovators (UCI), Northern Macedonia, the Republic of Poland,
was held in the City of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Ser-
Prelog from July 2 to 4, bia, the Republic of Slovenia, the Islamic Re-
2021. public of Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the
This year AGRO ARCA People’s Republic of China, the Republic of
was held under the Yemen, the Democratic Socialist Republic of
auspices of the Minis- Sri Lanka) and a number of predominantly lo-
try of Science and Ed- cal family-owned agricultural companies and
ucation and Ministry of farms.
Agriculture, with co-or- As part of this year’s AGRO ARCA, numerous
ganizers being the City workshops and forums took place. The key
of Prelog, the Croatian forum was focused on “Digitalization in Agri-
Association of Tech- culture” and “Intellectual Property Protection”,
nical Culture, and IFIA and three workshops were held, dedicated
the International Feder- ZWLJPÄJHSS` [V `V\[O! ¸+L]LSVWTLU[ VM KL]PJ-
ation of Associations of es for measuring temperature and humidity”,
Innovators (IFIA). “Wireless transmission of electrical energy
AGRO ARCA was sup- ” and a workshop for the youngest visitors
ported by the following „Painting garden aprons”
sponsors: HS Produkt At the opening ceremony, exhibitors were
and TEHNIX d.o.o., greeted by prof. dr. sc. Miljenko Simpraga,
and partners: the State President of UCI, Darko Horvat, Minister of
Intellectual Property Of- Physical Planning, Construction and State
ÄJL /(4(. )0*96 Property, and the Member of Parliament and
(Croatian Agency for Mayor of the City of Prelog Ljubomir Kolarek.
SMEs) , HGK (Croatian The State Secretary at the Ministry of Agricul-
Chamber of the econ- ture and envoy of the Prime Minister, Zdravko
omy), Belica municipal- ;\úLR VѝJPHSS` VWLULK (.96 (9*(
ity, Gorican municipality “We strongly believe that the number of ex-
and Medjmurje county. hibitors from a hundred today will climb fur-
AGRO ARCA tradition- ther next year, since in the best of days AGRO
ally pays special atten- ARCA was known for gathering 300+ of
tion to innovations in them”, underlined the UCI President Miljenko
all activities related to Simpraga at the opening address.

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