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critical towards making private sector collaboration possible.
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Last but not least, NGOs are key partners in the game. Many however do not embrace a
market model of development and resist it as degenerate commercialization of sustainable/
organic agriculture principles. Private sector actors also need to develop dialogue and develop
constructive collaboration over this schism with skeptical NGOs to reach the thousands and
millions of farming families in the region.
13.7 BioFach China and Japan
BioFach China, a two-year public-private partnership between Nürnberg Global Fairs and the
German Development and Investment Society (DEG), will take place for the first time at the end
of November 2006 in Shanghai. Organic agriculture is receiving increasing political recognition
for its role in protecting the environment in China, and therefore, the BioFach China projects
has developed a partnership with two government entities: the Greenfood Development Center
(Ministry of Agriculture) and the Center for Environmental Education and Communication
(Environmental Ministry). More than 2000 certified producers are concentrating on the export
of products like squash, sunflower seeds, soy products, diverse mushrooms and medicinal plants.
In addition, internal production and consumption of high-value organic products. According to
Udo Censkowksy of Organic Services who is implementing the project on behalf of Nürnberg
Global Fairs, numerous independent initiatives, growing local markets and the development
of regional distribution structures are facilitating dynamic market development in China.
Furthermore, organic products are increasingly being imported, signaling a growth in visibility
of organic products by Chinese consumers.
BioFach Japan will take place for the fifth time in Tokyo from September 21-23 2006. BioFach
Japan 2005, with nearly 170 exhibitors and13’500 trade visitors,, was a great success and is
poised to grow. Half of the visitors came from the organic wholesale and trade, and 20 percent
were producers.