Ecuador’s pavilion at expo opens

The embassy of Ecuador in Qatar opened the Ecuadorian pavilion at Horticulture Expo 2023 Doha in the presence of a number of heads of diplomatic missions, ambassadors, government officials, and those concerned with environmental affairs.The pavilion is a promotional window to introduce the public to the most important cultural, tourism and historical sectors, showcasing the country’s handicrafts and its most important fruits and vegetables, in addition to a number of local plants that were specially brought to the exhibition.The pavilion includes a section displaying the latest agricultural technologies used in Ecuador, and its contribution to achieving food security, productive abundance, and water conservation.There is a section presenting the most important tourist attractions, its wonderful nature, rivers, seas, mountains, forests, charming islands and volcanoes, as well as the types of famous tropical and mountain flowers and its banana, cocoa and coffee farms, especially since it is one of the world’s top exporters of bananas, cocoa and coffee.Ecuador’s ambassador to Qatar Pascual del Cioppo Aragundi expressed his happiness at participating in Expo 2023 Doha, and stressed the importance of highlighting issues related to agriculture, sustainability, horticulture, water and the environment.He said that the pavilion will organise numerous educational and awareness-raising events in which a number of producers, exporters, craftsmen and specialists will introduce the products and crops from Ecuador, such as cocoa, bananas, coffee grown at high altitudes, shrimp and flowers.The pavilion will also host workshops to introduce visitors to Ecuadorian handicraft and to give lectures on modern agriculture and how to preserve the environment as well as the development taking place in the field of agriculture in Ecuador.