2009 World Congress Overview

May 18 - 20, 2009 Saint Louis Missouri USA

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The Agricultural Challenge: Our Global Priority: Food Security—Financial, Trade and Technical Strategies

2009 World Congress Save the DateThe 2009 World Congress will seek solutions to issues around agricultural production and supply, rising food costs, the crucial resource of water, and the impacts on agricultural economies and resources during a period of unprecedented financial uncertainties on a global scale. Defining strategies and creating solutions will require a better understanding of the drivers and challenges of agriculture and food production including labour, rising prices, shrinking sources of credit, leveraging of innovation and technology, creation of incentives for production and higher productivity, and reducing the impact of input costs to farmers. Each sector -- government, private and private-public partnerships and civil society (NGOs) will be challenged to provide a road map to success by addressing the crucial issues of safe, affordable and reliable supplies of food, fuel, fiber and water.

The WAF is pleased to announce the establishment of the Syngenta Bringing Plant Potential to Life Award, which will be presented at the World Congress in St. Louis this May. The award will be given to honor an individual or organization that has impacted the lives and livelihood of the world’s population by meeting the growing need for food. Find out more here.


Novus Sponsors World Ag Forum Regional Roundtables

During the International Poultry Expo/International Feed Expo in Atlanta last week, Novus International was promoting some World Agricultural Forum (WAF) regional round tables that will be held during this off year for the World Ag Congress.

Read more about how Novus and the World Ag Forum are working together on these events.