ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR AGRILINK 2009

Metro Manila and its neighboring provinces are back to business-as-usual.

Local government units are busy putting their respective cities back to normal operations despite the typhoon’s aftermath.

Thanks to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and MMDA (Metro Manila Development Authority), all major roads and highways in Mega Manila are currently accessible.

Most private companies across the National Capital Region—hotels, restaurants, malls, airlines, tourist facilities—are open and operational.

Those still displaced by floods caused by tropical storm Ondoy (international code name Ketsana) are now at over 200 evacuation centers, assisted by numerous charitable institutions and corporations that have generously lent a helping hand.

In lieu of these developments, Foundation for Resource Linkage and Development (FRLD), the organizer of the annual event Agrilink, Foodlink and Aqualink, is pleased to announce that the country’s biggest agri and aqua trade show will go on, as slated on October 8 to 10 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City.

“We echo the assessment of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry that while Ondoy will impact on the economy for a while, the Philippines can still maintain its 1.9 percent growth target this year. We are grateful to note that the damages to agri sectors will only be a temporary setback,” said FRLD president Antonio V. Roces.

On October 8 to 10, FRLD will stage the Philippines’ most influential trade fair on agriculture, food and aquaculture—Agrilink, Foodlink and Aqualink—which will underscore the benefits of focusing on micro-enterprises through its theme, “Sustainable Food Production: Focus on the Filipino Market.”

The three-day event will highlight the most up-to-date and ground-breaking inputs, technologies and alliances, which can enhance the profitability of the interdependent industries of agriculture, food and aquaculture.

For a complete list of seminars, demos and other related activities, contact Larry or Rogelyn through 8384549, 8384605 and 8384491, or email frld@pldtdsl.net.

Please check attached for the exhibitor guidelines.

Thank you very much! See you in Agrilink!