Seminar 3
Crop Protection Business Seminar 2008
Is this the start of a new era?
Organiser: Crop Protection Monthly and Enigma Marketing Research
Building on the success of the first (2006) and second (2007) Crop Protection Business Seminars (CPBS) the 2008 seminar, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow on Wednesday 5 November will focus on the commercial aspects of the agrochemical industry and will create a forum for educated debate. The Seminar will assist delegates to better understand the major drivers influencing the global industry and will enable them to create successful business strategies for growth.
By 2050, UN projections estimate that the global population will have risen by 38% to over nine billion. With stocks of grain, corn and soybean low, a rising world population, increasing consumption of meat particularly in India and China and growth of renewable energy requirements, there is now real competition between food, animal feed and biofuels. One of the solutions to meeting this extra demand is increasing crop yield.
The changes in agriculture, which started to take effect in 2007 and their impact on crop protection were very dramatic and have resulted in renewed optimism for the future of the agrochemical industry – but is this real and will it result in increased profit? At CPBS 2008, analysts, investors, consultants and business leaders will identify opportunities for growth in this changing environment and will discuss how organisations might use their core strengths to capitalise on the new demands on the agricultural market.
Developing new products from old active ingredients, growth in Latin America and Eastern Europe, the non-crop sector, GM crops and biofuels are just some of the topics which will be addressed.
Seminar 4
China's rocketing crop protection industry: threat or opportunity?
Organiser: CCM International
Over the last decade, China’s pesticide output has almost doubled. The country is becoming a global production base for chemical raw materials and formulations. On the other hand, China’s domestic demand for pesticides is being pushed up by factors such as the cancellation of agricultural land tax, and rural labour flow from farmland into urban areas.
With the adjustment of crop planting regimes and the prohibition of pesticides with high toxicity and low efficiency, China’s pesticide industry will see major structural adjustment in the future. Pesticides with high efficiency, safety and a reasonable price have tremendous potential in the future market.
To date, generic pesticides have made up the bulk of China’s pesticide exports, but new products are also gradually entering the global market. China’s GM crop market is forecast to grow at over 5% annually, with its resultant impact on the use of pesticides. As the planting of herbicide resistant GM crops increases, the use of certain herbicides will grow, but increased plantings of GM pest-resistant crops will lead to reduced use of conventional insecticides. Fungicide use will continue to develop, since few commercial GM crops are disease-resistant.
The seminar will cover new growth areas in China's crop protection industry, particularly bio-pesticides and antivirals, technology innovation, development and production particularly with GM crops, new opportunities for improved safety, formulations and fungicides, crop protection management and regulation including industrial property legislation and the impact of REACH.
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