Value Chain & Innovation in the Global Food System

FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.

3-day international annual AgriBusiness Forum that will be held this year on 3-5 June 2007 at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.  Join leaders from the private & public sector, research institutions, foundations for a mission to proactively promote & discuss the way forward for innovations in sustainable agribusiness & agricultural development worldwide!

The theme of the conference is value chain innovation in agribusiness with sessions targeting these discussions:

*       Successful Value Chain Origins: Inputs, Production & Protection
*       Agro-Processing: Towards Higher Excellence in Food & Safety
*       Consumer-Driven Value Chain? A Buyers and Sellers Discussion
*       Global Perspectives on Rural and Agricultural Financing
*       Resource Mobilisation & Investment
*       Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Agriculture
*       Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Agriculture

The forum provides creative & operational solutions and is about making lasting project partners & business connections including with agricultural producers and international agriculture & rural development experts such as from the World Cocoa Foundation, FAO, IFAD, Winrock International, World Food Programme. 

Information at http://www.sippo.ch/files/promotionevents/07june_agribus.pdf