January 2015 issue

Featured Articles:

- Oh my Gulay! (...it will be a better year in 2015)*
- Building a Multinational Brand: The Oishi Story

Newsline:
DA bans livestock imports from three countries
DA adopts climate smart technologies

Corporate Updates:
Purefoods unit to acquire Vietnam livestock firm
7-Eleven bossts capex to P3 B this year
ALI to expand mall portfolio

World Watch:
Japan culls 42,000 chickens
FAO urges global action on deadly banana disease

Product Peeks:
Heat-tolerant rice breeds eyed by PhilRice
Local mangoes declared pest-free
Raw sugar to be slapped with 1% withholding tax

CFA Staff Notes:
"Paradigm Shift" in food production
Making coconut farming profitable

* external writer

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University of Asia and the Pacific
Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center
Pasig City 1605
Tel: (632) 637-0912 local 247
Fax: (632) 633-8349
Email: cfauap@yahoo.com
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November December 2013 issue

Featured Articles:

Food Staples: The Filipino Consumption Patter
Agriculture Scenarios in 2013-2014

Newsline:
Economy grows by seven percent in Q3
PNoy signs 2014 General Appropriations Act
Supertyphoon Yolanda causes billions worth of damage

Corporate Updates:
Max's buys Pancake House
San Miguel kicks-off grains-handling business
First Pacific tries its luck on agribusiness
ARC readied for listing

World Watch:
Japan reforms its agricultural policies
EU asks governments to approve GMO corn
Phl FDA says GMO foods do not require labeling

Product Peeks:
Fishery output to drop due to typhoon and fishing ban
Additional rice to be imported after Yolanda
P200-million food processing facility rises in Ilocos

CFA Staff Notes:
Back-to-back coffee events
Phl to host International Food Expo
Ancient farming to slow down extinction



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Center for Food and Agri Business
University of Asia and the Pacific
Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center
Pasig City 1605
Tel: (632) 637-0912 local 247
Fax: (632) 633-8349
Email: cfauap@yahoo.com
http://cfa.uap.asia

April 2013 issue

Featured Articles:

Philippine Agricultural Trade with the United States
The Sugar Industry Under AFTA in 2015

Newsline:
Phl gets first investment grade status
PSEi breaches 7,000 mark
DA to experience biggest budget cut

Corporate Updates:
SMC sets record as largest dollar-dominated corporate bond issue
Bayer sets up hybrid rice seed processing facility
Thai food firm expands projects in the Philippines
Tanduay closes Quiapo distillery

World Watch:
FAO to launch new metric on food insecurity
China to import record-level corn
Thailand to sell tons of rice at a loss
Bird flu spreads in China

Product Peeks:
Agri-Industrial coconut estates to be set up by the DA
New rice varieties developed
Rice, corn imports likely to fall

CFA Staff Notes:
DA to develop GAP for rice
Meat processors troubled by new import policy

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Center for Food and Agri Business
University of Asia and the Pacific
Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center
Pasig City 1605
Tel: (632) 637-0912 local 247
Fax: (632) 633-8349
Email: cfauap@yahoo.com
http://cfa.uap.asia

March 2013 issue

Featured Articles:

The Biscuit Industry in the Philippines
Are Rural Infrastructure Serving their Purposes?**

Newsline:
DBM releases P1.6 billion for FMRs
Food exporters urged to follow SG's new labeling requirements

Corporate Updates:
Coca-Cola closes plant in Laguna
San Miguel allots P1.9B for buyout scheme

World Watch:
EU imposes tariff on US Bioethanol
NZ suffers from biggest drought in 30 years

Product Peeks:
Corn gets P900M
Hybrid rice seed available on credit

CFA Staff Notes:
Filipinos prefer fresh foods
UN feasted on blemished foods

**Food and Agri Business Paper (comes out every quarter)

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Center for Food and Agri Business
University of Asia and the Pacific
Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center
Pasig City 1605
Tel: (632) 637-0912 local 247
Fax: (632) 633-8349
Email: cfauap@yahoo.com
http://cfa.uap.asia