{"id":"2026-saudi-agriculture-exhibition-opens","canonicalSlug":"2026-saudi-agriculture-exhibition-opens","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-saudi-agriculture-exhibition-opens","language":"en","title":"Saudi Agriculture Exhibition opens in Riyadh","summary":"The 43rd edition runs from 19 to 22 October and brings together farming, livestock, aquaculture, food processing and veterinary sectors.","body":["Environment, Water and Agriculture Minister Abdulrahman Al-Fadley opened the 43rd Saudi Agriculture Exhibition in Riyadh on 19 October. The event is scheduled to run through 22 October under the theme “An Integrated Agricultural System for a Sustainable Future.”","The ministry said the exhibition covers agricultural and organic food, poultry, livestock, feed, aquaculture, food processing and packaging, and veterinary services. It reported that the 2025 agricultural sector contributed 3% of GDP and grew 5% year on year; those are ministry figures for 2025, not outcomes of the exhibition."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Saudi Agriculture Exhibition opens in Riyadh\n\nThe 43rd edition runs from 19 to 22 October and brings together farming, livestock, aquaculture, food processing and veterinary sectors.\n\nEnvironment, Water and Agriculture Minister Abdulrahman Al-Fadley opened the 43rd Saudi Agriculture Exhibition in Riyadh on 19 October. The event is scheduled to run through 22 October under the theme “An Integrated Agricultural System for a Sustainable Future.”\n\nThe ministry said the exhibition covers agricultural and organic food, poultry, livestock, feed, aquaculture, food processing and packaging, and veterinary services. It reported that the 2025 agricultural sector contributed 3% of GDP and grew 5% year on year; those are ministry figures for 2025, not outcomes of the exhibition.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-19","eventDateBasis":"The minister inaugurated the 43rd Saudi Agriculture Exhibition on 19 October 2026; the announced run is 19–22 October.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:50Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:50Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:27:29Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-19","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:20:39Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.mewa.gov.sa/ar/MediaCenter/News/Pages/saudi-agriculture-exhibition-2026.aspx","name":"Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA)","licence":"All rights reserved or no open reuse licence identified; original factual reporting, with no source prose or image reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.mewa.gov.sa/ar/MediaCenter/News/Pages/saudi-agriculture-exhibition-2026.aspx","attribution":"Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA), source dated 2026-10-19. Wellficent independent factual reporting; no source prose or image reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-19"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-saudi-agriculture-exhibition-opens","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-saudi-agriculture-exhibition-opens","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-saudi-agriculture-exhibition-opens","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-saudi-agriculture-exhibition-opens","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-saudi-agriculture-exhibition-opens","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-saudi-agriculture-exhibition-opens","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-saudi-agriculture-exhibition-opens"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"sa-event-location","name":{"ar":"السعودية","en":"Saudi Arabia","es":"Arabia Saudí","fr":"Arabie saoudite","pt":"Arábia Saudita","ru":"Саудовская Аравия","tr":"Suudi Arabistan"},"type":"country","source":{"url":"https://www.mewa.gov.sa/ar/MediaCenter/News/Pages/saudi-agriculture-exhibition-2026.aspx","name":"Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA)","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","publishedAt":"2026-10-19"},"context":{"ar":"موقع الحدث: السعودية","en":"Event location: Saudi Arabia","es":"Lugar del evento: Arabia Saudí","fr":"Lieu de l’événement: Arabie saoudite","pt":"Local do evento: Arábia Saudita","ru":"Место события: Саудовская Аравия","tr":"Etkinlik yeri: Suudi Arabistan"},"countryCode":"SA"}],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["industry-event"],"geographies":[{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":"SA-01"},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":null}}