Dana Bucur in Ro media

This is an interview first given to Active Watch mid February 2011. Reporter Maria Popa. Main Topics: Dana Bucur business activity, România, agriculture and rural development, creativity and innovation. All of it has been then published further by: one of the main business magazine Capital România (june 2011) -  and also by Think Outside the Box România (july 2011). Dana Bucur has 17 years of agricultural experience. Sometimes she worked even 14 hours without having a break. She started from the ground, building up from scratch a viable farm and now she has her own agribusiness company providing ag consultancy, including solutions for sustainable agriculture and organic farming. She graduated Economics, a Quality Master and 2 agribusiness MBAs (one in UK and the other a joint-venture between România and Germany). These are some of the reasons the sustainable community media decided to take an interview. Reporter: What kind of problems the Ro agriculture confronts with? Dana Bucur: Lack of branding,...
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Romanian Agribusiness Forum – May 11 2011, Bucharest, RO

The Agribusiness Forum dedicated to Romanian Agribusiness Opportunities took place in Bucharest on May 11th 2011. It was a great pleasure to connect to some of the main agricultural players from Romania and worldwide. More info on http://www.agribusiness.thediplomat.ro/index.php. Looking forward to the next ag event. ...
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Romanian Agribusiness Forum 2011

Investment in agriculture represents an emerging asset class for private and institutional investors, and Romania is one of the European countries with the highest potential for development of agriculture. The Diplomat-Bucharest, the leading English language magazine in Romania is organizing on May 11, 2011 a unique one day conference for decision-making agricultural professionals to network, do business and learn about Romania’s potential in the field of agribusiness. This will be a major event in Romania dedicated to business opportunities in agriculture, where the key players of this sector will attend to discuss the challenges and opportunities of investing in Romania’s agriculture. Unfortunately, despite the agriculture sector' development potential and its attractiveness to investors, there are issues in Romania that make the development difficult. We will offer first-hand information from Romania's authorities concerning the latest policies and regulations of the agriculture sector. Romania's top farmers and landowners will share their...
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Organic Romania – Sibiu, November 22 – 23 2010

Organic Romania - International Meeting on Organic Food, Non-Food and Commodities in Sibiu, Romania 22-23 November 2010 Organic Romania is a high professional meeting for traders, processors, famers and organisations who work with organic food, non-food and commodities. Focussing on the Romanian domestic market and its sustainable development as well as on organic import and export markets participants from Romania and from other European countries will take part. The event took place in the beautiful city of Sibiu, which is very much in the middle of Romania and which was the Culture Capitel of Europe in 2007. The languages of the event - Romanian and English. More details: http://ekoconnect.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=110&lang=english ...
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Global AgInvesting Europe – Geneva, Nov 9 – 10 2010

Global AgInvesting Europe 2010 was held on November 9-10, 2010 at the Intercontinental Geneva Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland. Following the success of the second annual Global AgInvesting conference (May 6-7, 2010 in New York, NY), this program presented actionable intelligence on the outlook for global agriculture and the range of investment opportunities available to investors with varying return objectives and and risk tolerances. "The global investment community has recognized that our Global AgInvesting conference series offers unique insight into the complexities of investing in agriculture,” says conference Co-Chair Hunt Stookey, Managing Director at HighQuest Partners. “Our goal is to provide investors with an understanding of the wide variety of private agricultural investments available to them, from farmland to private equity and specialist public equities managers." The whole event had a great success and here I had the opportunity to have a speech on Romania. More details on: http://events.soyatech.com/conferences/GAIEurope_proceedings.htm...
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AgriYield 2010 – a conference in Prague

PRAGUE November 25th & 26 2010 Optimise your Agricultural Inputs to Maximise Yield, Efficiency, Sustainability and Investment: The only conference that will give you the in-depth and practical knowledge necessary for you to increase your margins. Expert tips to fast track your route to investment: Practical steps to make your operation attractive to investors. Take advantage of Precision Technology: Innovative ways to make precision techniques and technologies increase yield and reduce waste. Cutting edge advances in seeds, fertilisers and agrochemicals: Unmissable changes that will revolutionise your crops. Harness your FYM, Slurry and fertilisers: Proven techniques to ensure that your fields work for you. Understand Emerging Markets: Understand how operators in South America and India have increased their margins and...
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