A Cooperatives Fair, with the participation of some 200 entrepreneurs, was launched, on Monday morning, by the Minister of Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives, Mr Soomilduth Bholah, at the Quatre Bornes Market.
The Minister visited the stall of the entrepreneurs, taking stock of the local products being sold.
In a statement, Mr Soomilduth Bholah highlighted that the Fair was being held in the margin of activities organised in the context of the International Day of Cooperatives, commemorated on 2 July, annually. He recalled that the Fair essentially provided to the entrepreneurs a platform to showcase, market and sell their products to the public.
Mr Soomilduth Bholah noted that the Cooperatives Fair this year saw the participation of more entrepreneurs, and that more local products were being sold to the public. He also observed that the entrepreneurs were enthusiastic as they were now working within a new environment following the lifting of COVID-19 sanitary restrictions.
On that score, the Minister announced that the regional Cooperatives Fair would now be held on a quarterly basis, as was previously the case.
