The Farm Chemicals International 2012 Trade Summit played host to more than 200 crop input industry players in Jakarta, Indonesia, last week, where delegates representing 13 countries built strategic relationships to boost the region’s access to crop protection products – products that Southeast Asia demands for its agricultural growth.
在雅加达，与会者在展会现场建立了无数的业务联系，其中挤满了数十家知名且充满活力的制造商和配方设计师。他们在为期两天的全体会议上获得了进入这个快速发展的新兴市场的专业知识。
他们来这里最主要的目的是什么？相互联系以探索新的业务可能性。会议日程很快就排满了，而且不乏交流机会。
“It is this incredibly unique value proposition that makes the FCI Trade Summit more pragmatic and productive than other crop protection events,” said Eric Davis, publisher of FCI 和 FCI 贸易峰会创始人。
Terry Clark, of Ontario, Canada, attended the Summit for the first time in Jakarta. The Director of global business development for agchem developer and marketer Adjuvants Plus Inc. called the event “valuable for exploring new business opportunities within Asia and for sourcing products for other global markets. The FCI Summit fulfilled its mandate by creating new business opportunities for those attending.” He added: “The Summit provided a platform to bring members of the industry together to exchange information that will contribute toward meeting the food production needs of an expanding global population.”
Indonesia’s output from palm, cocoa and rubber plantations and food crops has surged more than one-third in the past decade, and the country relies heavily on the agricultural industry for jobs (43% of citizens employed by ag) and income (15% of GDP).
“Our goal through these meetings is to create more transparency in the value chain of agricultural technology to help not only maximize current acreage, but to help small shareholders access the tools they require to be more profitable,” FCI 编辑大卫·弗拉博塔 (David Frabotta) 在代表团的开幕词中指出。该事件标志着第二 FCI 贸易峰会 在东南亚和 11' 自 2008 年以来在全球范围内。
印度尼西亚作物保护更新
At the plenary sessions, Deddy Djuniadi, Executive Director of CropLife Indonesia, helped prospective business partners navigate the country’s soon-to-change regulations for registering crop protection products. Indonesia joins a host of national governments adopting more internationally accepted standards.
These new regulations mean higher product efficacy levels, more stringent environmental standards, better agricultural practices and preservation of key trading partners. Thailand preceded Indonesia’s regulatory shift with new rules implemented beginning Aug. 22, 2011. Malaysia and Vietnam are also in final deliberations on a draft proposal of new rules.
Some attendees inquired about registration of biological crop protection products in Indonesia. Biologicals have gained notable momentum in many pesticides markets, but they are still under discussion and will have a place within Indonesia’s new framework, Djuniadi said. No regulations currently exist in the country.
FCI 峰会继续直面假冒农药的危险流行。 CropLife Asia 执行董事 Siang Hee Tan 估计进入该地区市场的 20% 至 30% 产品是假冒产品，他敦促与会代表尽自己的一份力量，通过彻底审查贸易伙伴来阻止非法活动，同时拒绝单独承担责任关于农化企业巨头。
从积极的方面来看，Tan 讨论了 CropLife 如何与政府合作以阐明有利于私营部门的投资。该非营利组织还就病虫害综合治理 (IPM)、耐药性管理和容器回收等问题与该地区数百万农民进行了接触（通常通过短信）。举个最近的例子：它率先在印度开展了一项辣椒 IPM 计划，该计划要求对 9 个村庄的 1,400 名农民进行培训，让他们在最大残留限量 (MRL) 范围内种植出口品质的产品。
“It is not only about input supplies, but all the way downstream. Supported by stewardship, by teaching farmers to grow properly, we can all have food security,” Tan said. In ASEAN countries alone, 65 million people go hungry every day. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, more commonly known as ASEAN, is a geopolitical and economic organization made up of 10 nations, including Indonesia.
Vasant Patil, director of regulatory affairs for CropLife Asia, addressed the pesticide industry’s responsibility for transferring crop protection technologies to farmers: “It is our job to educate…Make a profit, but do it ethically and do it responsibly.”
下一届 FCI 贸易峰会将于今年 5 月在南非德班举行。
手表 www.fcitradesummit.com 有关详细信息，将很快公布。