Agriculture Business Week

The Center for Food and Agri Business (CFA) of the University of Asia and the Pacific is pleased to invite you to its MID-YEAR FOOD AND AGRI BUSINESS CONFERENCE with the theme “Philippine Agriculture and Fishery: Moving Towards a Balanced Growth.” This will be held on July 15, 2010, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the PLDT Hall, 4/F APEC Bldg, UA&P, Ortigas Center , Pasig City .

The conference seeks to present the: (a) performance of selected agri industries in2010 to 2011; (b) challenges and implications on the said industries; (c) industries strategies and plans. These can help managers, investors, planners and policy-makers make informed judgments on strategies, decisions and policies for the sector.

In this regard, we are pleased to invite you  to come and join us in this seminar. Kindly confirm your participation with Dani or Max at telephone numbers: 637-0912 to 26 local 345 and 247; 634-2819 or fax registration form to 633-8349 or e-mail cfauap@yahoo.com.

Please download UA&P Mid Year 2010 brochure for more details.

By Max Darel Africa

A three-day Agri-Aqua Harvest Festival will be held on July 16 to 18 at the Quezon Memorial Circle as a special feature of the celebration of the 14th anniversary of AANI or Agri-Aqua Network International.

The festival will be some kind of a trade show where individual farmers and farmers’ groups will be displaying their products. The event is being supported by the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), according to Pol Rubia of AANI.

He said that farmers’ groups from Quezon, Batangas, Laguna, Bulacan, Cavite and others have reserved space to showcase their products and services. Their participation is being sponsored by the Department of Agriculture and BFAR.

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The 19th Hog Convention and Trade Exhibits will be staged on April 8 to 10 at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in Davao City, hosted by the Davao Hog Farmers Association, Inc. It is organized annually by the Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines or ProPork (formerly the National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc.).

This year’s theme, “Ensuring survival through efficiency and improved pork production,” will educate participants with practical and technical information and tips from experts – helping them secure the safety and profitability of their farms.

The annual event – the biggest and longest-running trade exhibition focusing on the swine industry, gathers thousands of commercial and backyard hog raisers from all over Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

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Sponsorship of a keynote session at Aquaculture 2010 confirms BIOMIN’s firm commitment and keen focus on this dynamic growth sector.

February 04, 2010 – BIOMIN embraces the new year with a bold plunge in aquaculture. For the first time, BIOMIN will be partnering the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) with the sponsorship of the Aquafeeds session at Aquaculture 2010.

To be held in San Diego from 1 to 5 March, Aquaculture 2010 is the largest event for the global aquaculture industry. Hosted every year by the WAS, the global aquaculture event is expected to draw some 4000 participants from over 80 countries, including high profile attendees who form the core of decision-makers and innovators in the aquatic business.

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With good early bookings, all the signs are that there will be another well attended Pig, Poultry & Dairy Focus Asia 2010. This event is now perceived as Asia ’s leading independent technical conference for anyone involved in modern pig, poultry and dairy production and attracts production managers, QA managers, nutritionists and veterinarians. The event will be held on 1 – 3rd March 2010 at the prestigious Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

The event has 90 international experts as its speakers and topical issues such as the use of enzymes and probiotics to improve feed utilisation and animal performance, the effect of health on meat or milk quality, controlling the impact of mycotoxins, optimising reproductive performance and the value of organic minerals are among the topics on the programme.

In addition, the pig programme will consider topics such as intestinal integrity, semen analysis, weaning capacity and boar taint control and the poultry programme will also consider in ovo vaccination, evaluation of feed trials, single stage incubation and salmonella control. The Dairy programme will also focus on calf pneumonia, heat stress, reproductive health management and coccidiosis.

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Ideas in organic gardening and how to survive under climate change will be among the top topics in the daily lectures that will be held in conjunction with Horticulture 2010, the annual garden show of the Philippine Horticultural Society to be held on January 29 to February 8.

The lectures will be held at the Greenhouse No. 2 of the Manila Seedling Bank at the corner of EDSA and Quezon Avenue in Quezon City, according to Wendy Regalado, PHS president.

On January 30, at 10 a.m., Tony de Castro will lecture on vermiculture for organic gardening while at 2 p.m., Pearl Banaag, president of World Flower Council, will demonstrate avant garde floral arrangement.

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Experts and industry delegates gather to discuss the future of nutrition, BIOMIN’s NutriEconomics® program, developments in science, business, the environment and leadership at the World Nutrition Forum 2010 in Salzburg.

In less than a year, the next World Nutrition Forum will be hosted once again from 13 to 16 October, 2010. This time, the venue of Salzburg, Austria has been chosen to closely reflect the theme of the Forum, “The Sound of Nutrition”.

As the world economy climbs out of the downturn, the World Nutrition Forum aims to shed light on the trends that will affect animal nutrition and production, and how businesses can take full advantage of key information to move forward.
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A bamboo rehavilitation and nursery establishment seminar-workshop will be conducted by bamboo expert Romualdo Sta. Ana and the MFI Farm Business Institute (MFI-FBI) from November 26 to 29 in Jala-jala, Rizal.

The seminar comes on the heels of Sta. Ana’s bamboo presentation at the recent Agrilink trade show held at the World Trade Center Metro Manila.

Participants will be taught about the proper care and management of bamboo as a natural resource with a lot of business potential. This will be the third seminar on bamboo rehabilitation organized by MFI-FBI in the Jala-jala Farmers’ Training Center.

MFI-FBI is an operating arm of MFI Foundation, Inc. (formerly Meralco Foundation) that aims to serve as a catalyst for developing agri-entrepreneurship by filling the gap in education in the agribusiness sector.

For more information, e-mail fbi@mfi.org.ph.

Flash flood, deaths of humans as well as animals, and damage to properties and many other wanton destruction of our environment are believed to be some of the ill effects of climate change.

With this in mind, the Cactus and Succulent Society of the Philippines (CSSP) will be presenting a flower and garden show with the theme “Gardening for a Better Environment” from November 20 to 30 at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City. This is in cooperation with the Quezon Memorial Circle management headed by Engr. Zaldy dela Rosa.

Kevin Belmonte, an avid collector of rare cacti and succulents, and CSSP president Dorie S. Bernabe are co-chair of the overall show. They said that a commercial section will also be a feature of the show where Christmas gift shoppers can buy their favorite gifts for their loved ones and friends The commercial section is where plant growers and suppliers of gardening inputs can sell their products. There are still available commercial spaces for interested sellers, according to Dorie S. Bernabe.

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Egg Incubator :

Egg Sorter :

Egg Machines by Abellar Equipment :

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Alatone Plastics Inc :

Swine Cage :

Retail Area :

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PhilRice Booth :

PhilRice Books

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Have visited the Agrilink, Aqualink, Foodlink 2009 last October 10, 2009.

Here are some of the pictures :

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Southeast Asia’s largest publicly listed food, beverage, and packaging company San Miguel Foods, Inc.’s (SMFI) recently signed with the Foundation for Resource Linkage and Development (FRLD) to formalize their support and participation for this year’s Agrilink, Foodlink and Aqualink.

And this year, the triple events that serve those three major sectors will underscore the benefits of focusing on enterprises that promote sustainable local food production and focus on the Filipino market.

In times of economic crisis, reduced prices and demand, multiplied with increasing costs in production, marketing, transportation expenses and changing consumer attitudes affect producers and manufacturers alike.

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