The Must-Attend Event for the Green and White Asparagus Sector
The Sival trade fair in Angers is the go-to event for the fruit and vegetable sector, particularly for green and white asparagus.
You can attend conferences on horticulture and viticulture, as well as market research presentations.
The event is covered by the magazine Asparagus World, managed by Guy Dubon and Christian Befve from Befve & Co.
Through printed magazines, newsletters, and web pages, Asparagus World highlights all techniques and innovations related to the cultivation of green and white asparagus: from planting, fertilization, irrigation, maintenance, protection, harvest, packaging, storage, marketing, consumption, to culinary recipes.
The magazine also tracks market growth of fresh, preserved, and frozen green and white asparagus, and explores the vegetation and harvest of white, green, and purple spears, from a global perspective. It serves as a hub connecting suppliers, producers, and distributors.
But above all, the fair brings together exhibitors showcasing:
- Varieties of white or green asparagus (in seeds or crowns), such as: Angier, Anjou Plants, Beeren, Bejo, Enza Zaden, Limgroup, Nunhems, Planasa, Vilmorin
Equipment and supplies for green, white, and purple asparagus, related to:
- Cultivation, irrigation, fertilization, and maintenance, represented by: Agrivaloire, Corhyze, Hermeler, Huet2M, Innovack, Medinbio, Naturagriff, Naïo, Netafim, Oxybiotop, Rivulis, Sobac, Terrial, Tradecorp
- Harvest equipment, including electric machines to assist in harvesting green and white asparagus: Christiaens Agro, Engels
- Plastic mulching films, represented by: Daïos, Diatex, Dynaplast, Europlastic, Oerlemann, Reyenvas, Solplast, as well as Gauget hoops
- Fresh asparagus packing (green and white): Besnard, Filpack, Neubauer, Strauss
- Storage and packaging of white, green, and purple asparagus: Cavare, Filbing, Janny, Palbox, Tout pour le fruit, l’Univers de l’emballage
The event is also a networking hub for green and white asparagus producers, with dinner meetings organized on-site. It’s a great opportunity for French, Belgian, Spanish, Swiss asparagus growers and more to share experience and advice in a warm, friendly atmosphere.
