The Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association (CCAA) is a membership-driven organization of professional consultants, dedicated to providing consulting services to agricultural sectors across the world.

Committed to providing leadership for excellence in agricultural consulting, the CCAA promotes competency standards, certification and professional development.

The CCAA provides a national voice and acts as an advocate for the profession of agricultural consulting, with a view to maximizing the exposure of CCAA members in the global agriculture industry.

Important News from CCAA: Merger of CCAA and CMC-Canada prepares advisors for the “convergence” in the Agri-food industry

May 17 - CALGARY Canada’s agri-food sector is significant.  Representing 8.9% of Canada’s GDP, it totaled almost $100 billion in 2009. While the agri-food industry is already global, this trend will increase rapidly in the future.  With $35 billion of exports, Canada is now the world’s fourth-largest exporter.  As the world’s population is projected to grow by two billion people within 20-30 years, six countries are expected to lead the charge to increase production to meet this need.  Canada is one of these countries.

Canada’s opportunity to be a world’s leader in agri-food is significant -- it must prepare to seize this opportunity.  It will require a large investment, both in human and financial terms.  The margins are narrow, mistakes will be costly, but Canada is well positioned to be a leader. Professional advisors to this sector need to know more and broaden their knowledge and skills.

“Narrow focused domains of advice providers to agriculture is no longer sufficient.  Helping a farmer improve production is necessary but to meet the requirements of an additional two billion people, advice must flow through the entire agri-food chain,” emphasized Terry Betker, former President of CCAA and Director of CMC-Canada.

Complicating matters is the convergence between the areas of agriculture, health, the environment, and energy.  The winners in the future agri-food industry will be the players who best understand and manage their interests within the food value chain, both domestically and internationally.

The Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC-Canada) and Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association (CCAA) announced in December the two organizations were joining forces to build a more powerful voice for the management consulting industry.  Today, the agreement has been signed to consummate this deal.

“The merger of CCAA and CMC-Canada predicts Canada’s future opportunity and prepares advisors to the agri-food industry, to ensure they will continue to serve as an important catalyst to support Canadian agri-food businesses as opportunities present themselves,” said Glenn Yonemitsu, CEO, CMC-Canada.

Advisors help companies become more productive, effective, efficient and profitable. “CCAA had a membership base that was broadly focused,” Betker continued. “But, we needed more... a larger organization with the critical mass and complementary advisor-based skill sets to meet the current and evolving needs of businesses and organizations directly and indirectly involved in the chain."

About the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC-Canada)
The Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC-Canada) fosters excellence and integrity in the management consulting profession as a whole. CMC-Canada administers, and its provincial Institutes confer, the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation in Canada. The association and its members advocate for the CMC designation and are dedicated to advancing the profession and delivering the benefits of those efforts to the client community. CMC-Canada is a founding member of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI).

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