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July 2024
Grain SA’s 56th NAMPO harvest day was held on 14 to 17 May 2024 at NAMPO Park, just outside Bothaville. A record number of 86 474 visitors over the four days, as well as 865 exhibitors, confirms the trade fair’s popularity among farmers, exhibitors, opinion makers and everyone in society who has a heart for agriculture.
‘It is a great privilege for Grain SA to host NAMPO. The real success of NAMPO is about the close partnerships and collaborations we establish in the industry – such as farmers who have stronger partnerships with their suppliers and customers, and who can make better plans to do even better next year,’ said Dr Tobias Doyer after his first NAMPO as chief executive officer (CEO) of Grain SA.
A new record attendance on a single day in a normal year was recorded this year on Wednesday, 15 May, with 25 505 visitors. Thursday’s attendance was a short head behind the previous day with 24 021 visitors, while the Tuesday and Friday each received good traction. NAMPO Park’s airfield hosted 290 fixed-wing aircraft and 82 helicopters during the show days.
‘A noticeable calm atmosphere prevailed at NAMPO Park throughout the week and everything flowed as it should, without any serious incidents at the park. We were blessed with a good NAMPO,’ said Dr Dirk Strydom from Grain SA and main organiser of NAMPO. ‘With lovely sunny weather, it was the warmest NAMPO in years, which certainly also contributed to the good attendance,’ he added.
Danie Minnaar, chairman of Grain SA's NAMPO Harvest Day Committee, says the feedback he has received from exhibitors is that they are very satisfied with the business conducted at NAMPO. He is also satisfied that visitors had the opportunity to fully experience NAMPO. "The overall friendliness and spontaneity of exhibitors and visitors that you noticed everywhere on the site was just nice," he said.
NAMPO, A NATIONAL ASSET
‘NAMPO is a national asset in which the entire agricultural sector participates. It’s a wonderful opportunity where leaders can rub shoulders and build relationships that will carry us through the next year’s decision-making and working together to make agriculture successful as a whole,’ Doyer continued.
‘Farmers must be focussed all the time because there is little room to stumble. After a challenging production season and with a national election imminent, NAMPO helped to create an atmosphere of optimism, but with realistic plans to carry it out.
‘This year's NAMPO theme, Agriculture in a digital era, has come into its own, because agriculture is at a turning point of great things to come. I am amazed at what producers today have at their disposal to control matters at production level – from genetic and chemical technology to an immense amount of data thanks to the automation of agriculture.’
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Publication: July 2024
Section: Pula/Imvula
Author: EDITORIAL TEAM
