Gateway NAMA and the St. Louis Agribusiness Club hosted a joint meeting on Tuesday, February 12, featuring Mr. Raymond Cesca, President of the World Agricultural Forum. His presentation was “The World Agricultural Forum: Empowering Agriculture to Drive Economic Growth.”

Cesca focused his comments on this idea of how agricultural production can be the mechanism that developing countries can use to grow their economies. He believes that for-profit companies can get involved and not only help overcome the problems of poverty and starvation but still make a profit doing so.

Cesca issued an invitation to anyone who would like to learn more to attend this year’s World Ag Forum Regional Congress which will be held in Kampala, Uganda, September 3-5. You can find the agenda for the Congress here.