The United States is home to more arable land than any other nation, but insufficient rainfall in recent years means the livelihood of farmers are in danger. Horizons presenter, Adam Shaw, visits Texas, the third largest exporter of farming commodities in the United States, to see how Texans are finding new ways to feed crops to enable the State to increase yields for its population of 24 million.

Adam also visits Bluebonnet farm, which uses a method called hydroponics that consumes a fraction of the water and space that traditional farming methods use. The system grows plants in water using mineral nutrient solutions without soil.

Every year between 20 and 50 thousand square kilometres of arable land is lost in Texas due to soil degradation – a consequence of drought. Flying over Texas, Adam demonstrates how sophisticated new methods of irrigation allow crops to grow in an arid and windy climate. These large scale cotton and wheat farmers are increasing yields with remote control pivot irrigation technology. Some fields are only kept alive through an irrigation system operated by a central pivot that rotates automatically and is controlled by a mobile phone.

This ten-part second series of Horizons travels across the globe to destinations to find out about the business ideas that could shape mankind’s future.

The Horizons series, sponsored by DuPont, airs weekly on Saturdays at 7:30, 9:30 and 23:30, and Sundays at 17:30 (Singapore Time). For programme highlights and an insight into the future of global business visit www.horizonsbusiness.com. For all the latest news, behind-the-scenes pictures/videos and updates from Adam Shaw please follow at facebook.com/horizonsTVseries and/or on twitter at @horizonsbiz.

Crafts Bazaar 2011 organized by Kala Tarang, is an exhibition and sale of handicrafts made by rural and tribal communities from various parts of India. Items ranging from pottery, figurines, wall hangings and rugs to shawls, stoles and folk paintings will be handmade in one or more of these crafts. The products are made with natural raw materials extracted using sustainable processes, with a range of colours created with simple things like leaves, bark, fruits and mud will boggle your mind.

So Go Green without going drab!! See Kala Tarang Facebook page for more details.

Details are as below:

PR Contact:

Hong Yuelin, Kim

Watermelon PR
Singapore
Phone: + 65- 622 62754

Email: kim@watermelonme.sg

Cool Japan Forum, part of Anime Festival Asia 2010

Leading Japanese and regional business leaders in the music, fashion and animation industries will gather at the Cool Japan Forum – hosted by Danny Choo, celebrity blogger and expert on Consumer Generated Media. The event is part of Anime Festival Asia 2010.

Topics to be discussed include collaboration opportunities in Asia based on the analysis of Japanese content development within the music, fashion and entertainment industries. Keynote speakers include :
- Mr Yasushi Akimoto
Lyricist, Artist producer

- Mr. Fumitaro Ohama
President, Tokyo Girls Collection

- Mr. Kotaro Sugiyama
Senior Vice President & Head, Dentsu’s Solution and Creative Vision

- Mr. Go Nakanishi
Chief Producer, Starchild Records

The Cool Japan Forum will serve as an opportunity for Singapore and regional business leaders to gain valuable insights into business models of successful Japanese content platforms. Attendees of the forum can also network to explore possible cross-country collaborations, content models and services.

Cool Japan Forum ticket prices (per delegate):
- $208 (online)
- $238 (at event grounds)
- $58 (student – excludes networking party)

Date: 12 Nov 2010, 1.30pm – 6.30pm
Venue: Hall 402, Suntec City Convention Centre

For more information, check out http://www.animefestival.asia/cooljapan.html

Pop and Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Singapore

Pop and Contemporary Fine Art is located in the heart of Orchard Road at Palais Renaissance, one of Singapore’s premier shopping venues.  We aim to provide a more personal and bespoke service and only specialize in original paintings, limited edition lithographs, screenprints, etchings and sculptures in the Pop and Contemporary Art genres. 

Several years in the art industry has helped to shape our philosophy and business ethos whereby we try to treat people in the way that we would like to be treated ourselves.  We therefore aim to offer private and corporate clients the finest quality artwork and advice, thereby looking to ensure customer satisfaction.  Everything that we showcase in the gallery we actually own as this gives us much more control over the quality, care and pricing of our pieces.  

We also offer additional services such as:

• Hanging solutions
• The sourcing of specific pieces of art on behalf of our clientele
• Fine artwork placement and selection consultancy

Our featured artists include Andy Warhol, Burton Morris, Keith Haring, Robert Longo, Yayoi Kusama, Damien Hirst, Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall, Roy Lichtenstein, Takashi Murakami and a few select others.

Should you require any further assistance or information then please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you and serving you in the near future.

Palais Renaissance 03-12, 390 Orchard Road, Singapore 238871

Tel: 6735 0959 Fax: 6738 3776

contact@popandcontemporaryart.com 

www.popandcontemporaryart.com

7.00 pm – 9.00 pm

Possibility Room, Level 5

National Library Building

100 Victoria Street

 

The objective of credit management can be described as: “Not to minimise credit loss but to maximise profits”. At the point of agreeing a sale on credit, the seller assumes that he will collect full payment on the due date; this assumption is flawed if no steps have been put in place to try and minimise the granting of a bad debt. It is important that these steps are instituted and followed before the credit is granted.

 

Join us to find out more about the importance of effective credit and collection strategy as well as understand about new age credit evaluation solutions from Jennifer Lee (Senior Manager, DP Information Group) and Zac Lim (Account Manager, DP Information Group).

 

Due to limited seats, registration is required and can be made via http://golibrary.nlb.gov.sg and surf on to ‘Business’.

 

Organised By: DP Information Group

Supported By: National Library Singapore