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The February 2025 edition of Gaftaworld is now on the Gafta website. New Gafta President Paul Harrison discusses his aims and priorities for the year ahead, and we are delighted to introduce Brian Arnold of The DeLong Co., Inc, who has taken over as Deputy President of Gafta.

Following the AGM in January, Gafta held a reception for the new President in Geneva on 4 February as well as a successful seminar sponsored by Covantis, "Digitalisation of agri-trade execution and the path to making electronic documents a reality". Photos from these events are included, along with an article by Covantis on the huge momentum now to transition to digitalisation "as legislation across the globe is being adjusted to recognise electronic Bills of Lading and other digital trade documents." During the seminar, key players from across global agricultural commodity trading and industry leaders came together to publicly sign an official letter promoting the advancement of digitalisation across the sector.

Articles included in this edition of Gaftaworld include:

• The EU Deforestation Regulation - Where are we now?
• President's Reception, Geneva
• Global Rice Market: Trends, Challenges and Trade Dynamics
• U.S. life cycle analysis shows environmental improvements for wheat
• South Africa – the regulatory challenge to secure GM imports
• Australian Harvest Overview for 2024/25
• The Agri-Digital Age: Gafta members commit to advance digitalisation of the agri-food trade
• Ganna Feldman, new Gafta Qualified Arbitrator
• Recent Court decision on timebar for appeal and dating of Gafta awards
• STDF facilitates safe, inclusive trade in partnership with private sector
• Covantis Leads the Agri Industry into the Digital Age with Electronic Bills of Lading
• Obituary: William (Bill) Englebright, 1931-2024

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