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Reminder:
ABC/IDC Agribusiness
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Agribusiness executives are reminded to complete and submit the online questionnaire by 31 January 2012. |
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SA Grain Information Services
SAGIS's Weekly Bulletin
includes a collection of local and international grain information such as prices, stocks, import parity prices, economic indicators, the food prices of Statistics SA, weather conditions, etc.
www.sagis.org.za
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CEO Forum addresses critical issues in Agri Sector | | |
 The first CEO Forum Steering Committee meeting for 2012 kicked off this past week with a commitment from the Director General (DG) of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) to engage regularly and more pro-actively with industry during 2012. The DG also indicated government's concerns around employment in the sector, as well as concerns on high food prices. Please click here for more information on critical issues addressed in the meeting»
The following presentations are available to download:
Climate Change: COP17 Outcomes»
Progress on the Water Quality Task Team» |
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Summary of DAFF's Research and Development (R&D) Policy Workshop | | |
 The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) hosted a Research and Development Policy Workshop in Pretoria last week in which the ABC, through the National Agricultural Research Forum (NARF), also participated and contributed.
Debate on this very important issue is long overdue and generally welcomed by industry, given the declining real funding by government of public agricultural research and the severe loss of experienced scientists from public research institutions.
The NARF has long called for the establishment of a National Agricultural Research System that fully encompasses the multi-stakeholder and multi-role player nature of agricultural research in South Africa, and developed the National Agricultural Research and Development Strategy (NARDS) in this regard. NARDS was adopted by the then Department of Agriculture, but never implemented. The Innovation Hub facilitated the workshop and produced a Summary of R&D Workshop Outcomes for perusal. Further engagement in this R&D policy development process will follow. |
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ITC's Market Analysis Tools remain free for developing country users in 2012 | | |
 The International Trade Centre (ITC) announced that its Market Analysis Tools will remain free for developing country users in 2012. Market Analysis Tools allow users to examine in more detail market growth, appearance of new competitors, decline in some suppliers, etc. Monthly and quarterly trade data for 2011 is available for 79 countries. You can get the complete list of available monthly data by clicking here»
Read some of the key evaluation findings and latest news on Trade Map, Market Access Map, Investment Map and Standards Map by downloading ITC's Market Analysis Tools Newsletter» |
| SA/Egypt Seminar on Trade and Investment opportunities | | |
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Egypt (MIT) will be hosting a seminar on Trade and Investment Opportunities on 21 February 2012. The seminar will focus on trade and investment opportunites in the following sectors: Agro-processing, Chemicals,ICT & BPO,Construction and Tourism.
In order to ensure that South African agribusiness' interests are catered for in this seminar, ABC members are requested to provide their input to Herbital Maluleke at herbital@agbiz.co.za by Wednesday, 15 February 2012. Please click here for more information»
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International Trade and Investment Initiatives | | |
India - Annual International Trade and Investment Initiative
19 - 23 March 2012, Chennai and Bangalore, India. The closing date for receipt of application forms is 27 January 2012. Invitation»
Russia - 4th Moscow International Trade Initiative 2012
26 - 30 March 2012 in Moscow, Russia. The closing date for receipt of application forms is 31 January 2012. Invitation»
Zimbabwe - International Trade and Investment Initiative
26 -30 March 2012, Harare and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Closing Date: 31 January 2012. Invitation» |
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Events | | |
Transport Forum Special Interest Group meeting
2 February 2011
Visiting the Port of Richards Bay
No membership needed, attendance for free, but BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
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Werksmans Data Privacy Seminar
9 March 2012
There is no cost for attendance however space is limited
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BIEN DONNé AGRI CAPE WEEK
19 - 21 April 2012
Bien Donné Research Farm, R45, Simondium, Western Cape
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SIAL China 2012 (Agro-processing Sector)
09 - 11 May 2012
Shanghai, China
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ABC CONGRESS 2012
5 - 6 June 2012
Champagne Sports Resort, Drakensberg
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Sponsorship options
iPAD Angola
12-14 June 2012
Annual Conference and Exhibition on Infrastructure Partnerships
Luanda
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AMT AGRI Outlook Conference
3 - 4 September 2012
AGRI MEGA WEEK
13 - 15 September 2012
Mega Park, Bredasdorp, Western Cape
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SIAL Paris 2012 (Agro-processing Sector)
21-25 October 2012
Paris, France
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