THE INVITATION is open to Jamaicans interest to attend this year's biennial Royal Smithfield (Agricultural) Show to take place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London beginning Sunday 24 to Wednesday, November 27.
"Internationally, the Show's appeal continues to grow, with some 15 per cent of its visitor base from outside the UK. However, it is imperative to our exhibitors and the Show that we attract more overseas visitors", according to the Show's marketing manager, Rebecca MacFarlane in a letter to the British High Commission. In response the Embassy has extended the invitation to Jamaicans, in particular, to agriculture writers to attend the up coming Smithfield 2002 show.
UNEQUALLED LINE UP
Smithfield 2002, the UK leading farm business event, will parade an "unequalled line up of tractors and farm machinery, agricultural supplies and services, and the vary latest innovations in technology.
The last staging of the event, which is held in London very two years, saw attendance of 43,784 of which 70 per cent were UK and International Farmers, 29 per cent dealers/manufacturers.