Year-End Food and Agribusiness Conference is coming

The Center for Food and Agri Business (CFA) is once again holding its Year-End Food and Agri Business Conference on December 8, 2011 from 1-5pm at the University of Asia and the Pacific, Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig.

This is the perfect venue to know the agriculture scenarios in 2011-2012. Selected industries that will be tackled are Rice, Sugar, Vegetables, Processed Meat and Fish, and Restaurant industries.

Discount will be given to companies with at least 3 participants.

Please refer to the brochure to know more about the conference.

For more details, you can contact us at 637-0912 local 247 or 345, 634-2819 or email us at cfauap@yahoo.com. You can fax the registration form to 633-8349. Look for Joy or Danica

See you there!

New Agribusiness Book launched!

The University of Asia and the Pacific - Center for Food and Agri Business recently launched a long-awaited book in the industry. The book "The Business of Agribusiness: From the Roots to the Fruits" tackles the Eight "Ps" of agribusiness: Passages (history); Products, Places and Performance; Power Groups and Players; Pioneers Overseas; Partnerships; Pathways and Pitfalls; Potential and Promise; and Pursuit of the Future.

This is a valuable resource for managers, investors, policymakers, decision makers, agribusiness enthusiasts, students and researchers. It is meant to inspire and prod people, whether in or out of agribusiness, to take action and take advantage of the vast opportunities the sector offers.


for details, you can visit our website: http://cfa.uap.asia or email us atcfauap@yahoo.com. You can call us at 637-0912 local 247, look for Joy or Dani




You can download the order form here.

ServSafe Certification Course 2011

The next ServSafe Certification Course
will be on November 23 to 24, 2011 at the University of Asia and the Pacific.

The Center for Food and Agri Business (CFA) runs ServSafe Certification Course every quarter in collaboration with Ecolab Philippines. ServSafe is a two-day course in which participants take the certification exam on the second day for two hours. It is a widely-recognized food safety program registered under the Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association based in Chicago, U.S.A.

ServSafe provides high-quality education and training for all levels of employees of the restaurant, food service and hospitality industry. It enables participants to learn science-based information on how to run a safe establishment by focusing on all aspects of handling food.

What you will learn in this course:

* how to identify biological, chemical, and physical hazards
* how bacteria and virus reproduce
* handling potentially dangerous foods
* employee health and hygiene
* HACCP
* purchasing and receiving
* storing and preparing safe foods
* cleaning and sanitizing

For inquiries, you can contact us at (02) 637-0912 local 247 or 345. Look for Joy or Dani.

You can also download our registration form and fax it to (02) 633-8349.

CFA Website is UP!

Center for Food and Agri Business has a site!

Visit our site at http://cfa.uap.asia

Food and Agribusiness Conference

The University of Asia and the Pacific is pleased to invite you to its MID-YEAR FOOD AND AGRI BUSINESS CONFERENCE with the theme “Rethinking the Future of Philippine Food and Agribusiness.” This will be held on July 7, 2011, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the PLDT Hall, 4/F APEC Bldg, UA&P, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

The conference seeks to present the: (a) industry trends of selected agri industries; (b) pressing issues and challenges and; (c) coping mechanism and future strategies. These can help managers, investors, planners and policy-makers make informed judgments on strategies, decisions and policies for the sector.

In this regard, we are pleased to invite you or your representative to come and join us in this seminar. Attached is the registration form. Kindly confirm your participation with Joy Orzales, or Dani Ching at telephone numbers: 637-0912 to 26 local 345 and 247 or e-mail cfauap@yahoo.com.

Food and Agribusiness Monitor (Publication)

For 27 years now, the Center for Food and Agri Business' (CFA) monthly magazine the Food and Agri Business Monitor (FAM) has provided many top business executives, investors, researchers, and students with the most relevant, up-to-date news and information on Philippine food and agri- business.

The FAM features short articles on selected agri-food industries. It summarizes important developments in food and agricultural undertakings here and abroad. It also includes monthly price monitors of selected fresh and processed agricultural commodities. Every end of each quarter, it contains the Food and Agri Business Papers which provides in-depth analyses of food and agri- industries including relevant policy issues, plus quarterly statistics on the country's leading agricultural exports and imports.

This is your chance to get access to one of the country's most useful references on food and agribusiness. Subscribe now! Just fill up the attached subscription form and send together with your payment to our office.

For more information, please contact Ms. Joy Orzales or Ms. Dani Ching at telephone numbers 634-2819 / 637-0912 local 247 or 345 / or e-mail cfauap@yahoo.com.

Food and Agribusiness Book

“Food for Thought” is the first of its kind that takes a broad look at global agribusiness and reveals the extent of the sector’s reach and significance. It contains comprehensive statistics on the key countries in food production and agriculture which details the products, players and movers in the agribusiness chain from inputs to final products as well as exports and imports. It reveals why and how the ten-nation ASEAN that includes Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam is considered as a global food basket. Further, it has a special chapter on the Philippines and tackles head-on the question of whether there is a mistaken focus on self-sufficiency in rice as the answer to the Filipinos’ chronic struggle with poverty. It is intended for a wide range of readers – from analysts to students, from business executives to political leaders, and from professors to practitioners.

The book is priced at P950/copy for hardbound and P750/copy for paperback exclusive of shipping cost. Discounts are given for orders of at least 5 copies.

Order your copy now! Just fill up the attached order form and fax to (632) 633-8349, or email cfauap@yahoo.com. For inquiries, please contact Joy, Chris or Dani at tel. (632) 637-0912 to 26 local 247.