International Conference for agricultural
producers and suppliers of agricultural
inputs and services
January 26, 2010
Moscow, Radisson Slavyanskaya hotel
www.ikar.ru/agribusiness/eng /
Press release, 15.01.2010
Where the margin is
The Conference is meant for large and largest agricultural producers, ag inputs manufacturers, dealers and distributors, financiers, insurers, agricultural and agribusiness investors, traders, food processors, and policy makers.
As of the first decade of December, the Conference’ “land bank” exceeded 1500 THA. Among the registered companies are Cargill Yug, OOO Unilever Rus, OOO Agricultural Company Rusagro, OOO Razgulay-Agro, OOO Agroholding Getex, OOO Plodorodie, OOO Elevator Consulting, OOO Claas Vostok, OOO Bunge CIS, Burlington Capital Group, ZAO Agrofirm Doronichi, BI-Granum, OOO Grainrus, Amity Technology LLC, Halcyon International Ltd, PricewaterhouseCoopers, OOO NewAgro Group, OOO Bryansk-Agro, GK Russkiy Dom, ZAO Bayer, Gulkevichi Starch Plant, KWS Rus, Finam Management, Agroholding Ivniasnskiy, Russian Land, Agrofirm Mtsenskaya, EconivaAPK-Holding, SK ROSNO, Agrofirma TNK, Firma August, Agroprominvest, RusAero-Market, TPG Capital, Trio Plus, Agrosila Group, Sberbank of Russia, VTB Capital, Agroliga Rossii, Coop Prikubanskiy, and other companies.
As of middle of January 2010 the cumulative “land bank” of the conference exceeded 1700 th. ha of arable land.
Introduction of Conference participants
KWS RUS – the daughter company in Russia of the German group KWS, one of the world-leading corporation in breeding and seeds production of agricultural crops with the 150 years business experience and branches in 70 countries around the world.
More than 10 years KWS RUS is known as sustainable producer and supplier of seeds of sugar beet, corn, oil and cereal crops, potato. In 2008 KWS Research&Development Station (competent-informtaion centr) started to work in Lipetsk and Krasnodar regions.
New Conference speakers
Sergey Sukhov, deputy head of Department of food industry and agri-food markets regulation, Russian Ministry of Agriculture, will take part and speak before the Conference participants on the topic “Government regulation of agri-food markets in 2010”.
Michael Bocharov, deputy head of the Department of real estate of Russian Ministry of Economic development, will take part and speak before the Conference participants on the topic: “Measures on development of ag land market and land mortgage”.
Semen Epstain, co-partner, Padva&Epstain legal firm, will speak before the Conference participants on the topic “Legal protection of the land ownership and transactions with the domestic farm lands”.
Vadim Dudka, director of AgroAnalysis (Ukraine) will take part and speak before the Conference participants. AgroAnalysis is for number of years specializing on the complex agronomic service of customers in Ukraine. The company provides flexible range of contracts tailored for specific customers needs. Among the contracts they offer complex phyto-monitoring agreements, as well as quite a unique service: complex agronomic service agreement. From Spring 2010 the company launches its operations in Russia.
Yuri Milovanov, Chairman, farmers coop Prikubanskiy (Krasnodar krai) will take part in the Conference events. The coop controls 30 th ha of arable land and unites 74 independent farmers, as well as processing plant. As of 2009 the coop earnings accounted for RUR1570 mio.
In the nearest future all registered participants will receive a tentative Program of the Conference, as well as logistics instructions.
ORGANIZERS
Further inquiries: www.ikar.ru
+7-495-2329007 (ext. 4664, 4653, 4658)
And on official conference site www.ikar.ru/agribusiness/eng
It is one day event. In case of accommodation: The Radisson Slavianskaya corporate reservation rates are available via IKAR (please place a special request to IKAR);
Belgrad hotel reservations: http://www.hotel-belgrad.ru/rus/contact.aspx