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Please find the coming events by the links below:
Symposium "Go...Organic 2009: A View Toward Food Safety and Security", 19-21 August 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
14th Annual World Rice Commerce 2009, 8-10 October 200s9
29th Executive Committee Meeting of AFMA, 8 November 2009, China
Workshop on Wholesale Market Infrastructure and Quality Management, 8-12 November 2009, Zhengzhou, China |
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| Regional Workshop on Wholesale Market Infrastructure and Quality Management, 8-12 November 2009, Zhengzhou, China |
 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific (AFMA) and State Administration of Grain (SAG) will organize the Regional Workshop on Wholesale Market Infrastructure and Quality Management from 8-12 November 2009 in Zhengzhou, China. It aims to gather experience of Dos and Donts in manage and operating agricultural wholesale markets in the reigon. The workshop is hosted by Zhengzhou Grain Wholesale Market.
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| Study Tour on Exotic Fruits Supply Chain, 19-24 May 2009, Chantaburi, Thailand |
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AFMA organized the study tour for the Ministry of Agricultural, Malaysia on Exotic Fruits Supply Chain from 19-24 May 2008 in Thailand. It included four full days excursion visiting to World Durian Festival in Chantaburi province, visiting to modern and traditional wholesale market in Thailand, fruit orchard tour and a distribution centre outside of Bangkok to understand the supply chain of the fruit from farm to customer such as the management, facilities and service of players.
Nine mid-executives jointed the tour were from the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Department of Agriculture and Malaysian Agrifood Corporation.
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International Workshop on Rice Policies and Food Security in Asia, 10-12 February 2009, Chiangmai, Thailand
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Workshop on Role of Commodity Association in Asia and the Pacific, 11-13 November 2008, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Introduction
Associations in the agricultural sector are to be found throughout the world. They can play an important role in representing the particular interests of their members and may conduct a broad range of other activities, such as product promotion, quality development, training, and information provision. Some associations bring together a broad spectrum of interest groups related to a particular commodity in a particular country with farmers, traders, processors, input suppliers and other stakeholders represented in the association.
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International Seminar on Consumer Trends and Export of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, 14-16 July 2008, Bangkok, Thailand |
Introduction
The marketing of any commodity depends primarily on its supply and demand characteristics. However, being at the end of the supply chain, the consumers' specific preferences ultimately determine the popularity and marketability of a product. For tropical fruits, increased demand of a particular type or variety of fruit, fresh or processed, reflects consumers' acceptance of that product. Consumer trends are behavioral and can be quite unpredictable and with incomplete information, they can even be misleading.
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FAO/AFMA/India Regional Workshop on Integrated Supply Chain Management: Opportunities for Small Farmers, 31 March - 4 April 2008, New Delhi, India |
Group photo, India Workshop
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Introduction
Agriculture is inherently a fragmented industry, involving a diverse range of distinct enterprises (farmers, processors, marketers and distributors), and relies on inputs from various sources, often at distinct geographical locations. Traditional agri supply chains in most of the countries typically involve many players, and are tightly linked with long-standing social structures. As developing countries enter into World Trade Organization arrangements their agricultural industries will be subject to increasing competition in their domestic markets, and have greater incentives to meet global standards in export markets.
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