New York agricultural leaders learn about the short- and long-term outlook for agriculture and agricultural products. Breakout sessions concentrate on dairy and horticultural products.

The purpose of this seminar is to investigate the potentials and challenges that development policy and institutions in the food and agriculture sector of low-income countries hold for poverty reduction. The majority of the poor in low-income countries depend directly or indirectly on...

The Conference will focus on the fundamental issues related to the development of agricultural statistics within an integrated national statistical system. Through discussion and debate, the Conference will provide a forum to facilitate a better understanding of the relationship between...

Papers on all aspects of entrepreneurship are welcome, but we are particularly interested in papers addressing the organizational response to technological innovation in food and agriculture and the implications of organizational adaptation to rural development. Entrepreneurship is defined here...

Main themes: - Value added creation and supply chain management in a globalising world; - Towards a new food policy: supply chain developments and interactive policy making; - Transparency and social responsibility in an international context.

How can we find a balanced approach that encompasses both conservation efforts and technological innovation, since both are crucial for sustainable production? How can environmental sustainability practices best be incentivised at the national and international level? Please join us for a...

F.O. Licht's 10th European Sugar Conference provides a complete analysis of the global sugar market and the key factors impacting the European sugar industry at this time. Top of the agenda this year is the fallout of reform of the sugar regime and its impact on both European and global sugar...

The goals of the conference are to examine R&D from a midwestern perspective, explore the implications of R&D for industry growth and discuss the influence of government R&D policies on industries and rural development.

Agriculture is more and more treated as a normal economic activity. Policy makers would therefore like to compare agricultural statistics with statistics from other economic sectors. There is also a growing interest in comparing FADN data in an international context (for example in EU policy...

The major objective of the seminar is to discuss and draw conclusions on the role of agricultural policy in the transition process in the light of actual progress and current situation in Central and East European countries and in formal Soviet States. In addition the contribution of...