Agriculture Business Week

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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A whole day seminar on mushroom production is scheduled this Saturday, October 3, at the AANI Urban Farm at Kingsville Court, Antipolo City. The place is near Sumulong Highway.

Teddy Laurie who is an expert in producing spawns as well as growing the crop will conduct the seminar right at the AANI Urban Farm where he has put up a facility to produce planting materials, particularly fruiting bags of oyster mushroom.

Fruiting bags produced by Laurie are of such quality that they can remain productive for as long as eight months, according to him. Some fruiting bags from other sources usually remain productive for only a few weeks or months.

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The country’s biggest and most prestigious annual international trade show on agribusiness, food and aquaculture is poised to bring in the world’s latest livestock and dairy technologies and solutions to boost the global competitiveness of the local industry.

This was announced by the Foundation for Resource Linkage and Development (FRLD), organizers of Agrilink, Foodlink and Aqualink 2009 slated at the World Trade Center on Oct. 8-10.

FRLD president Antonio V. Roces said new technologies from at least four continents would be exhibited at Agrilink by the International Livestock and Dairy Exposition (ILDEX), one of Asia’s most influential agriculture and dairy trade fairs.

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A government agency that provides technical assistance to the country’s rice farmers is out to help agribusinesses determine their social return on investment(SROI) as a measure of their true value and their socioeconomic impact on the host community.

The importance and benefits of SROI and how it is computed can also help agribusinesses determine the future site and direction of their expanding operations so-as to maximize their socioeconomic value.

This subject will be discussed comprehensively by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) through its Social and Agro-Industrial Ventures unit during the forthcoming Agrilink, Foodlink, and Aqualink, which constitute the country’s biggest and most prestigious annual international trade show on agribusiness, food and aquaculture.

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