Indonesia to host agribusiness meet<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will be the first Asian country to
\nhost the annual congress of the International Food and
\nAgribusiness Management Association (IAMA).<\/p>\n
The chairman of the congress' planning committee, Bungaran
\nSaragih, said yesterday the four-day convention was being held
\nhere because Asia would one day dominate the world's food and
\nfarming industries.<\/p>\n
\"Asia is expected to be the major producer of food,
\nagribusiness and fiber as its economies continue to grow
\nrapidly,\" Saragih said.<\/p>\n
Providing food would always be the main issue is Asia because
\na third of the world's people lived there, he said.<\/p>\n
The convention, which will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel
\nfrom June 23 to June 26, will be IAMA's seventh congress and
\nfocus on the global development of agribusiness, food and fiber
\nin 2020.<\/p>\n
Saragih said recent economic trends showed that by 2020 four
\nAsian countries would be among the top six countries in the world
\neconomy with Indonesia coming fifth.<\/p>\n
About 600 people from all over the world are expected to
\nparticipate.<\/p>\n
The event would help draw international attention to
\nIndonesia's farming industry.<\/p>\n
\"We can prove that Indonesia can also be a major producer
\ninstead of only a market as it is commonly thought of now,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He said the world congress was a good forum to exchange ideas
\nand information about business and technology.<\/p>\n
The head of the Indonesian Association of Agribusiness
\nManagement, Dudung Abdul Adjid, said the congress would help its
\nmembers expand their networks with interest groups and business
\nleaders.<\/p>\n
This would help build trust in Indonesia's agribusiness and
\nfood industry, Dudung said.<\/p>\n
IAMA was founded in 1990 by a group of U.S. academics.
\nBusinesspeople later joined and the association now has over
\n1,200 members in more than 70 countries.<\/p>\n
The association's members include the world's leaders in the
\nagribusiness and food industry, private and public corporation
\nmanagers, academics, students and researchers.<\/p>\n
Before Indonesia joined the association in 1994, it was
\nconcentrating mostly on big issues like regional and global
\ncooperation.<\/p>\n
But the association has shifted discussions toward small
\nindustry, he said. (02)<\/p>",
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