People interested in gardening or agriculture should not miss this display of colorful flowers and various vegetables and other crops on display in Chiang Mai. Many interesting displays, demonstrations and activities related to the agriculture and floriculture industries in Northern Thailand are included in this popular annual fair.

The 6th Annual Northern Agricultural Fair will be held on November 27 – December 3, 2009 at Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University (CMU). The theme of the Fair is “Safe Agricultural Practices, Environment Concern, and Sufficient Economic Principle” encouraging people to pay more attention to organic farming and His Majesty the King’s Philosophy of sufficient Economy. Also, CMU would like to promote and expand agricultural knowledge exchange with visitors through this fair. The admission is free.

To provide convenient transport for visitors around the very large area of this fair, CMU offers mini-car transit to take people to the various interesting locations. The Fair will feature workshops and many booths displaying plants, techniques in farming, gardening, coffee growing, agricultural OTOP products, exhibitions, agricultural tools and machines, and much more. Also, there will be local Northern foods and shows in the evening.

The Northern Agricultural Fair changes host each year, switching between Chiang Mai University and Mae Jo University. This year is the 6th event and will be hosted by Chiang Mai University.