Farm minister opens Farmer Expo in E Hungary

Farm minister Istvan Nagy on Thursday opened Farmer Expo, an exhibition of farming and food products in eastern Hungary's Debrecen which drew some 300 exhibitors. In his opening address, the minister highlighted the importance of developing irrigation technology, and said that the government was planning to provide subsidised loans to finance such projects until farmers have access to EU funding in the bloc's 2021-2027 financial cycle. Innovation and development are "unavoidable" and require results from "all fields of scientific research", Nagy said.