Thursday, November 21, 2013

International agribusiness conference in Davao City

DAVAO CITY- The Fifth International Conference on Agribusiness Economics and Management will be held this November 27-28, 2013 at Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City.

International researchers will be coming from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Australia, and the United States for the event.

 UP Mindanao Chancellor Sylvia Concepcion will give the welcome remarks and the keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Rodd Dyer, Research Programme Manager for Agribusiness of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).

Day 1 sessions will be on the banana industry, consumer studies, macroeconomics, analyzing demand and building enterprises, value chain analysis, agribusiness and health, and fisheries.

Day 2 topics will touch on supply chain, choice modeling, building a sago industry, the Philippine tuna value chain, farmer groups, increasing yield and farmer income, women in agribusiness, and agri-waste utilization.

The plenary speakers are Dr. David Hall, Mr. Oleg Nicetic, Dr. Jenny Ekman, former DTI undersecretary Merly Cruz, Mr. Yolando Arban, Dr. Lourdes Generalao, and Conference Director Dr. Larry Digal. (pr)

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