BKS Webinar: Agribusiness Group Webinar
Wed, 19 May
|Zoom Webinar
The British-Kazakh Society in partnership with the UK Department for International Trade is hosting a webinar on the theme 'Kazakhstan - The Grain Basket of Asia? Prospects for Growth and Investment in the Future-Focus on Cereals and Oil Seeds'
Time & Location
19 May 2021, 11:00 – 12:00 BST
Zoom Webinar
About the event
Panel Discussion:
The central issue of the webinar will focus on the grain industry in Kazakhstan, more specifically on potential possibilities for improvement in yields and irrigation along with opportunities for technological improvement as well as forms of investment.
Host:
David Skeels - BKS Director - Welcome and Introduction.
Moderator:
Ross Murray - Chairman of Knight Frank’s Rural Asset ManagementÂ
Panel:
Tatyana Blazhiyevich - Agriculture Lead at the UK Department for International Trade - Internal crops market in KZ
Shokan Badykhan - Executive Director at the Kazakh Grain Union - Growing and trading grain
Konstantin Nevzorov - President of Association 'Kazakhstan Oil & Fat Union' - Prospects for the development of the fat-and-oil industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan until 2030
Victor Aslanov - Chief of the Growers Union Nur-Sultan - Agricultural economics of Kazakhstan
Dr. Jenna Ross - International Business Development Manager at the Crop Health and Protection Limited (CHAP) - Showcasing CHAP's agri-tech capabilities to catalyse UK-KZ collaborations
Simon Griffiths - Project Leader at the John Innes Center - Adaption of wheat to the Kazakh Steppe
The conversation will be followed by a live Q&A session where you will have an opportunity to directly communicate with the speakers.
There will also be available a simultaneous language interpretation to the Russian language.
Registration is necessary to attend the webinar, please RSVP. Registration link will be provided a day before the webinar. Please note, registration will close on the 18th of May at 20:00.