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WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation - Highlights, Benefits and Challenges   "Unequal Partners on level Playing Fields"     Today, USA and India reached an understanding on Food Security and this has cleared the way for much awaited WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation. I am placing before you  the Highlights of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation and its impact on your business.   Good News for Most: It is good news for those who are efficient and believes in proper documentation and systems. This will help in faceless transactions means through emails and internet. Bad News for some: It is bad news for those who are inefficient, does not have systems and lacks transparency in their operations. The purpose of Agreement on Trade Facilitation is to increase the velocity of trade it means competition will increase and efficiency and system oriented approach will survive in highly competitive market place.  Unfortunately, ...

Manage Health Risk to Sustain Profitability  This week, I was invited by " Association of Avian Health Professionals " to discuss about the food safety risks and its implication on business. The purpose of the meeting was to sensitize the professionals about huge potential of Indian poultry industry and their role in ensuring food safety in poultry  products. Poultry businesses are vital for rural economy in India and for consumers requirements.   India offers huge opportunity.  Demand for poultry products are also increasing.  Understanding Poultry Chain Management is vital. Supply Chain of Poultry has many dimensions. It is important to understand interplay with allied activities to ensure food safety. Feed, breed and production system needs careful understand and management to minimize food safety risk.   Animal health professionals and their knowledge base is vital to enure food safety and security.  Avian hea...

Transformation Leaders Network and New Vision for Agriculture It was quite informative and meaningful discussion at Transformation L eaders Workshop at G eneva. Selected p articipants were from Asia, Africa, L atin America, North Am erica , Europe and Australia. The important highlights and key points are given below in graphics. 

 Are you equipped to handle implications of patented agriculture technologies?  Who will control food supplies of the world? Today I was reading an interesting news item. Let me share with you all. Brazil soy exporters to police Monsanto biotech seeds- for a fee SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least one soybean exporter in Brazil has agreed with Monsanto to collect royalties, in exchange for a fee, from farmers who planted genetically engineered seeds marketed by the company, according to industry sources. The landmark deal, already finalized by a firm that declined to be identified, highlights an increasingly complex relationship between global grain merchants and biotech firms. Other bigger merchants like ADM and Bunge will finalize agreements soon, the sources said, resolving a months-long dispute that had threatened to disrupt as much as a quarter of all soy shipments from the world’s second-largest grower.   What will happen to farmers and compani...

NDRI Hosting National Seminar  on  "Dairy Sector - The Key Player for Nutritional Security in India" (For Details, pl. read below) 7 th National Seminar on “Dairy Sector: The Key Player for Nutritional Security in India ” Dates: 19-20th September, 2014    Venue: NDRI, Karnal SUGGESTED PROGRAMME 19 th September, 2014 (First Day) 0900 – 1100 hrs        Registration 1000 – 1130 hrs        Inaugural Session Milk is often regarded as being nature’s most nearly complete food. It earns this reputation as it provides most of the nutrients which are essential for growth of human body. However, like many other developing countries, in India milk is produced by smallholders and setting up an efficient, hygienic and economic dairy chain is a serious challenge apart from meeting the expected demand of 200 million tonnes by 2021-22. To achieve the qualitative and quantitative t...