Official opening of the Andav 2024 Congress will be attended by authorities

With more than 250 exhibiting brands and an expected record audience of more than 13,5 thousand people, the 13th edition of the Andav Congress has as its central theme “Brazilian Agroeconomy in First Place: How to ensure our purpose of feeding the world”. Considered the main meeting point for networking and updating professionals working in the agricultural input distribution sector, the event will be held from August 6th to 8th at the Transamérica Expo Center, in São Paulo, and this year will feature four pavilions and more of 24 thousand square meters of exhibition.

For the first time, the Opening Ceremony that will take place in the Plenary will be open to all visitors to the fair. Starting at 10 am, the program will have a special performance by the Madrigal Orchestra and speeches by the Executive President of Andav, Paulo Tiburcio, and the President of the Board of Directors of Andav, José Hara. At the table made up of authorities, the Secretary of Agriculture of São Paulo, Guilherme Piai Filizzola, the President of Embrapa, Silvia Masshurá, the Federal Deputy, Arnaldo Jardim, and the Former President of the Chamber of Deputies and Former Minister of Defense, Aldo Rebelo. The official opening will also feature a Keynote Lecture by Professor Emeritus of FGV Agro, Roberto Rodrigues, on the central theme of the congress. Still on the afternoon of the first day, the Federal Deputy and President of the Parliamentary Front for Agriculture, Pedro Lupion, will give the lecture “FPA - The work for the defense and strengthening of Agriculture in Brazil”.

Over the course of three days, congressmen will attend lectures and panels with important names such as Paulo Guedes, Luis Felipe Pondé, Carlos Cogo, Daren Coppock, Marcelo Prado, Marcos Fava Neves, Sérgio Vale, Matheus Cônsoli, Dado Schneider, Mônika Bergamaschi, Paula Packer, Caio Carvalho, Gustavo Spadotti, Samanta Pineda, Andrea Cordeiro, Dani Amaral, as well as special panels with distribution professionals and experts on sustainability, management, agricultural commodities market, climate change, innovation, technology and education.

The Andav Congress also presents, in this 13th edition, an exclusive podcast that will be recorded during the three days of the event under the command of writer and speaker Luciano Pires.

Agribusiness Sector Agenda

The 13th Andav Congress takes place one day after another grand agribusiness event in the capital of São Paulo, the ABAG Congress, held by the Brazilian Agribusiness Association, which this year has as its central theme Bio Competitiveness and will deal, among other issues, with geopolitics , sustainability, competitiveness and opportunities.

For Luiz Carlos Corrêa Carvalho, president of ABAG, holding the Andav Congress the day after the Brazilian Agribusiness Congress is timely, as they are two events that debate convergent and important issues, which guide the paths towards growth in our sector.

"This year, our event reflects on how we can further increase the competitiveness of Brazilian agribusiness in the face of numerous external and internal challenges. On the other hand, valuing sustainable initiatives, which preserve biomes and protect natural resources, is a characteristic of our tropical agriculture, being a fundamental advantage compared to the reality of other countries. This topic is strategic for our area and will also be debated at the Andav Congress, which will also reinforce the importance of the distributor of agricultural inputs so that rural producers have access to the main technologies and products, which make a difference in terms of productivity, quality and sustainability", says Carvalho, who will participate in the second day of programming, during the panel "Production, Market and Export: Brazil's Leadership in Food Security".

The Executive President of Andav reinforces this opinion and details the central theme of the Congress. “The choice of the theme 'Brazilian Agroeconomy in First Place: How to ensure our purpose of feeding the world' for the Andav 2024 Congress is strategic, as it puts into focus Brazil's fundamental role as one of the main food producers in the world. In parallel, it is a tribute to the millions of professionals who dedicate their lives to agriculture, and always put Brazilian agriculture first”, he states.

One of the highlights of the Andav Congress program is the presentation of the results of the National Distribution Survey, which always takes place on the third day of the event. The survey is in its 9th edition and is carried out by Andav with the contribution of its more than 3.400 commercial units that help generate information that is used to benefit the sector, providing a detailed analysis of the current distribution market.

Exhibitors' Expectations

With a larger space for each new edition, the Andav Congress provides visitors with many innovations presented by the 250 exhibiting brands, which show the strength of the distribution of agricultural inputs in our country. “Congress offers the unique possibility of connecting industry and the distribution system. It is, in the end, the most important occasion within the routine relationship between this value chain, providing a better understanding of the business environment and the strategies and needs of each of its links”, says Marcelo Ros, Market Access Manager Resales and Redistribution of the Agro Division of BASF.

“The Andav Congress has become an important reference for Brazilian agribusiness and the Agricultural Input Distribution sector and, over the 12 editions held, it has played a vital role for the sector. In addition to being a networking and knowledge updating event for professionals in the field, in 2024, the Congress will be fundamental for us to debate the future of Brazilian food production and how we can continue to enable the sector's efficiency, even in the face of challenges regarding to the market, climate and several other aspects that influence agribusiness”, explains Roberto Dib, Director of Customer Marketing at Syngenta.