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Conference on Innovative Agribusiness Solutions to be held in November 2008
Two day conference will provide participants with innovative solutions to agribusiness development challenges
Cairo, Egypt
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26-27 Nov 08
The current global food crisis has highlighted the extreme vulnerability of developing country populations to fluctuations in food prices and supplies. In response to this complex challenge, UNIDO is increasing its efforts towards strengthening agribusiness value chains, expanding developing countries’ food supplies, and improving their access to markets, technology and investment. As part of its response, UNIDO is organizing, in cooperation with the Government of Egypt and the SEKEM Initiative, an international conference on sharing innovative agribusiness solutions, to be held in Cairo, Egypt, from 26 to 27 November 2008.
This conference will bring together agribusiness stakeholders, representatives of public and private technical and financial institutions, international organizations, donors, NGOs and academia to share innovative agribusiness solutions and best practices that can potentially be scaled up and/or transferred to other countries or regions. The conference will address the folloowing four themes:
- Supply/value chains, market access and linkages
- Compliance with standards and conformity assessment
- Technology and value addition
- Innovative forms of financing.
The conference will not focus on discussing problems and assessing needs; it will rather provide an opportunity for matchmaking between those seeking ways to achieve sustainable agribusiness development and those with innovative solutions, as well as finance for development assistance and investment. As a followFour-up, in order to sustain the results of the conference and to promote South-South cooperation, a platform will be initiated to continually identify and disseminate successful agribusiness solutions. In addition, it is planned to launch an innovative agribusiness fund to support the development of the agribusiness sector in Egypt.
Further information on the conference is presented in the documents below and is available at the conference website, www.agribusiness-solutions.org. For additional information on conference attendence and participation please contact AgrCairo@unido.org.