Dana Bucur in Ro media

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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

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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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Agri career

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Agri Career Hot job - agribusiness consultant How did she started. In 1998 she decided to launch her own agricultural company i.e. Agriland 2000 srl alongside an UK business farmer. Since 2006, Dana Bucur started the agribusiness consultancy. Responsabilities. The next 10 year marketing strategy is focused on large CEE agribusiness market share, setting up the European Association of Agricultural Consultants and always providing creativity and dialogue with the ag stakeholders. Job challenges. Encouraging entrepreneurship and agribusiness initiatives, proper platform of autenthic agribusiness consultants, lack of pro attitude and menthality on a country basis, lack of young generations to involve in the development of the rural comunities. Job opportunities. National and international recognition. Brand awareness. Motivating people to believe and invest in agriculture. Reporter: Roxana Achim Media magazine: Cariere 2011, Romania e-Source: http://www.cariereonline.ro/articol/hot-job-dana-bucur-consultant-agribusiness...
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Romanian Agribusiness Forum 2011

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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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Dana Bucur – Agribusiness Romania and worldwide (March 8th 2011)

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DANA BUCUR 15 years in the middle of NATURE and amongst PEOPLE from the agricultural universe all over the world. Business performance achieved, expertise and agribusiness consultancy performed on 37,000 ha in Romania. 3,500 ha farmed truly and consistenly in UK. 2,500 ha more covered in Western Australia. At present, Romania and Central and Eastern Europe in the centre of attraction. ...
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Romania – The European Commission approved aid scheme for diesel used in agriculture

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Date: May 29th 2010 European Commission announced the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development the decision on state aid for applying a rate of excise duty of eur 21 per 1000 litres for diesel used in agriculture. After analyzing GD no. 408/2010 approving State aid granted for diesel used in agriculture, the Commission made no objection and decided that an agreed scheme is compatible with the internal market. However, in its assessment, the Commission found that the legislative act complies with "Community guidelines on state aid in the agriculture and forestry 2007-2013’ and that reducing the duty established by legislative act is intended to help facilitate the development of certain activities or regions economic, without trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest. Following the opinion, GD no 408/2010 shall enter into force from Thursday, May 27th 2010. Agricultural diesel users, potential beneficiaries of the scheme should apply, at each supply with diesel sales tax documents (invoices) issued by providers...
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Land may become top asset class – beating shares

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LAND may become the world's biggest asset class, and listed farm operators win an upward rerating, Hardman & Co has said in a report identifying agriculture services groups as the next focus of sector investment. Farmland prices have, in doubling in the UK and US over the last decade, made shares look "an embarrassingly inept bet", the London broker said. Stocks have fallen by 10-20% during the same period. And the outperformance looks set to continue, driven by rising food prices and demand from investment funds. Population pressure Farmland, whose $5,000bn value equates to about 7-10% of the value of world equity markets, could be worth 15-25% of share values by 2020. "By 2050, it is possible to argue that food producing land might have a superior value to all other asset classes," Hardman analyst Doug Hawkins said, noting forecasts of rising global populations. "This land is feeding over 6bn people and is being pressed into feed a further 3bn by 2050." The broker noted the...
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Cooling the planet with crops

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By carefully selecting which varieties of food crops to cultivate, much of Europe and North America could be cooled by up to 1°C during the summer growing season, say researchers from the University of Bristol. This is equivalent to an annual global cooling of over 0.1°C, almost 20% of the total global temperature increase since the Industrial Revolution. The growing of crops already produces a cooling of the climate because they reflect more sunlight back into space, compared with natural vegetation. Different varieties of the same crop vary significantly in their solar reflectivity (called ‘albedo’), so selecting varieties that are more reflective will enhance this cooling effect. Since arable agriculture is a global industry, such cooling could be extensive. To read more please go on http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2009/6091.html...
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Prime Minister hopes Romania will become a strategic player of exporting grains and food

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Romanian Ministry of Agriculture will finalize within next month the strategy about agriculture, where irrigation plays a key role' declared Emil Boc (tr. Prime Minister) at Calarasi, Romania. 'The Agricultural Ministry will soon implement this project. The core issue is Romania to become from an importer player to an agri-food exporter' declared Boc. He's been asked also if the previous - government project about drought control will still be of interest to be tested in Calarasi county. The Prime Minister declared that 70% of all agri products and food consumed in Romania is imported knowing that this country can feed 80 million people....
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