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update:Jun 20, 2007
AgriVision conference addresses challenges
Agri Vision 2007 in Noordwijk-aan-Zee, the
Netherlands, held last week attracted about 340 leaders from
agricultural, food and raw materials businesses from over 30 countries and
representing all continents.
The business conference, organised by international feed company Nutreco,
discussed and debated the major challenges and opportunities for companies
active in the feed-to-food value chain around the world.
Following the theme 'Balance the Challenge', speakers from Europe, North
and South America and Asia described the constraints they face, the growth
potential they have and the ways in which external events are influencing their
businesses.
Competition
The growing competition between fuel, feed and food for raw materials from
agriculture was a consistent topic during the two-day conference. Opportunities
in emerging economies was the second major theme to emerge at AgriVision with a
particular focus on Brazil, China, India and Russia.
Progress
Closing the conference, Wout Dekker, Nutreco CEO, commented, "We must
progress from awareness, to insight and preparedness with respect to the
competition between feed, food and fuel. At this conference, we have clearly
become aware of the issues of growing demand for food and fuel. Now we must
prepare to meet the challenge and bring the strategies into our business
models."
AgriVision is held every two years and the next conference will be in 2009.
The event was co-sponsored by
AllAboutFeed.net.
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