Agrifair outstanding in its field.

NEED a new tractor? Then the eleventh Cyprus Agricultural fair, opening at the Nicosia State Fair on October 13, is the place to go.

Agrifair ’99 will include exhibits by 90 local, Greek and Israeli companies. Running alongside the agricultural show will be the second Watertech show, with 25 exhibitors.

State Fairs Authority chairman Demetris Ioannou yesterday said the Agrifair had proved itself a “particularly useful” exhibition.

“On show in its various sections are the latest achievements in the agricultural and livestock sectors demonstrating notable progress and development in our rural economy,” Ioannou told a news conference.

The show is organised by the State Fair Authority, the Ministries of Agriculture and Commerce and farmers’ unions.

Agrifair ’99 will be opened by President Clerides at 9am on Wednesday and will then be open from 10am to 1pm and 5pm to 11pm until Friday October 15 and between 10am and 1pm and 4pm to 11pm on Saturday and Sunday, October 16-17.

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