- SIMA 2017 will be taking place from 26th of February 2017 until the 2nd of March 2017.
- 1,740 companies will be exhibiting from 40 different countries
- The show should attract more than 240 000 professional visitors from 142 countries and 1,300 visitors from the UK, as well as growing numbers from Africa and Asia
- 300 international delegations from Africa and Asia
The theme of SIMA 2017 is "Being a farmer in 10 years” and it will be presented from 4 main angles:
Digital: farming jobs in a digital age -
Robotics: tomorrow, a driverless tractor?
Ecological economics
Genomics
This theme will be declined through a series of animations, including a competition for future graduates of French and International agricultural schools to share their vision of the agriculture of the future, a start-up village, an innovation gallery focusing on the winners of the SIMA innovation awards , a special focus on Africa, as well as a special event dedicated to dealers, distributors and importers.