2nd Commercial Farm Asia summit is a key event in the Asian agricultural and farming industry's calendar!

On 11-12 October 2012 in Yangon, top officials and renowned experts will share their views on the industry's outlook, while giving the international delegates an opportunity to realize the prospects and opportunities that the agricultural sector in Asia offers.

The Laos agriculture and forestry sector is trying to attract more domestic and foreign investors for rice, commercial crop and livestock promotion projects to help local farmers shift from subsistence-based to commercial production. Investors are increasingly looking into Laos to explore opportunities in sugar, cassava rubber, forestry & etc. Indonesia has also open up the agriculture sector to foreign investment, and has implemented reforms to improve the ease of doing business in the country.

We are happy to have invited key officials from both the Ministry of Agriculture in Laos and Indonesia to provide a comprehensive updates on the opportunities of agriculture investment in their respective countries.

OPPORTUNITIES OF AGRICULTURE & DONWSTREAM INVESTMENT IN INDONESIA
- Mapping out suitable land for agriculture investment
- Key crops & region for investment
- What policies & incentives are in place to attract investment?
- Update on land acquisition & utilization policies
- Opportunities for investment in value added processing industry
Mrs. Banun Harpini, Director General of Processing and Marketing for Agricultural Products
Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Indonesia

PROSPECT OF AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT IN LAOS
- What policies & incentives are in place to attract investment?
- What is the duration required to proceed with a farming project?
- Land concessions & labor issues
- Sovereign guarantees & Export legislation
- Key crops suitable for investment
Dr. Sengpaseuth, Deputy Director of Extension & Database Divn, Dept of Agri extn & Cooperatives
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Laos

Besides the above, we're delighted to have P&A Asia's Mr. Alessio Polastri, Managing Partner, present a paper on "LEGAL ISSUES FOR FARMLAND INVESTMENTS IN CAMBODIA/MYANMAR & RESOLVING DISPUTES". In this session, he will examine:

• Overlapping claims
• Acquiring land banks or existing farmland
• Management of land settlement schemes
• Structuring share holder ownership
• When things don't work out - exiting the investment & pitfalls to avoid

To see the comprehensive sessions we have in store for you, browse through the Conference Schedule!

If you haven't signed up yet, we encourage you to Register your team now without delay.

Do join us at 2nd Commercial Farm Asia at Park Royal in Yangon this October!

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Best Regards,
Grace Oh (Ms) (Marketing Manager)
CMT - Centre for Management Technology
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