Speaker: Dr. Nigel Uttley
Enigma Marketing Research, United Kingdom

When Is An Off-Patent Product Not A Generic?   2.5 MB

Speaker: William Kotey
CropLife Ghana, Ghana

African Agriculture & Pesticides Market   5.5 MB

Speaker: Eric Rund
Rund Farms - International AGtivities, United States

Rund Farms - International AGtivities   4.5 MB

Speaker: Robert Stewart
Technology Sciences Group, United States

Registration and Marketing Opportunities in the US   31Kb

Speaker Biographies

William Kotey
CropLife Ghana,
Ghana

William A. Kotey is an Agricultural Economist with specialty in Agribusiness. He has over 18 years experience of work with farmers in Ghana. Has been involved in the cultivation and improvement of yields in cocoa, the major export crop of Ghana and many West African countries. Also has been working on various key crops namely maize, pineapple, cotton, rice, oil palm and many others.
As a practicing expert in Marketing communications/ promotions, he has led initiatives in many promotional campaigns including the now famous Cocoa Abrabo – Pa campaign in Ghana with an annual budget of over € 1.0m. An initiative that is providing support and direction to enhance cocoa farmer’s yields increases of up to 300% (percent).

Robert R. Stewart, Ph.D.
Technology Science Group, United States

Dr. Robert Stewart is widely experienced in directing the registration of pesticides for both chemicals and biologicals for use in agricultural, commercial and consumer markets. Dr. Stewart also advises Task Forces and industry consortia on matters related to the registration and defense of pesticide registrations.
Dr. Stewart is Vice President and Managing Director of TSG and serves on the Boards of TSG and its Canadian subsidiary, TSG-Canada. A member of TSG's consulting staff since 1990, Dr. Stewart has assisted clients with pesticide registrations including chemicals, biochemicals, and microbial pesticides, indirect and direct food additives, pesticide inert ingredients, food supplements, GRAS self affirmations, consumer product labeling and medical devices approvals.

Eric Rund
Rund Farms - International AGtivities

Eric Rund is a producer of seed corn, food grade corn, and seed beans on 775 acres in East Central Illinois. After attending the University of Illinois he spent five years in Ecuador with the Peace Corps where he met his wife Maria. They have a small investment in farmland in Brazil.
Utilizing his extensive network of contacts, Eric organizes and guides agriculture related tours, mostly to Argentina and Brazil. In 2005 he led a group of agronomists and agribusiness leaders to study the devastating soybean rust fungus. Last year's trip focused on how agriculture and Brazil's energy policies have helped that nation become petroleum independent.

Dr. Nigel Uttley
Enigma Marketing Research

Dr Nigel Uttley, an organic chemist, has been in the agrochemical industry for 21 years, initially he was Commercial Director for a generic and custom manufacturing company. For the last 16 years at Enigma he has specialized in providing marketing and technical information targeted at identifying opportunities in the agrochemical industry.
Enigma publishes AgriBase a specialist database and multi-client reports (latest is "New Generic Agrochemicals - post 2007") for the agrochemical industry. His clients vary from large multinationals to small generic companies and he has developed a wide range of contacts throughout the world of agrochemicals.