MAFRA to Create Venue for Meeting Between Korean Insect Industry and Foreign Insect Venture Start-Ups
홍보담당관
2017.11.24
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◈ Period / Venue: October 27, 2017 (Friday) / Auditorium of Korea Rural Community Corporation in Naju
◈ Hosted by: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), Jeonnam International Agriculture Exhibition, and Jeonnam Agricultural Research Extension Services
; Organized by: KEIL Co. and Korea Agency of Education, Promotion and Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery (EPIS)
◈ Main Events
; Congratulatory and keynote addresses by officials from international organizations
* Keynote speech by official from United Nations FAO ("Global Environmental Issues, Food Insecurity and Edible Insects")
* Congratulatory message from Hahm Hongjoo, vice chancellor of UN ESCA
; Presentations by overseas insect food companies (eight companies from seven countries)
; Exhibition of products of foreign insect food companies (at the symposium venue)