NEWS 96 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE October 2022 Aker BioMarine is enhancing its QRILL™ Aqua sales organization after successfully recruiting two new talents for its Norway-based team. The supply of sustainable and nutritious ingredients for fish feed is essential for further growth of the Norwegian salmon industry. Aker BioMarine strongly believes that QRILL™ Aqua can be part of the solution. Therefore, the company has decided to establish a team that will work closely with the fish farming industry in order to find tailor made solutions for each customer. The team will be led by Maja Bævre-Jensen who takes the role as Business Development Director, and Karen Kirstine Østerhus is appointed as Business Development Manager. Maja Bævre-Jensen has spent the past five years of her career working with the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund. With two decades of aquaculture experience, she has spent her career exploring new solutions for both Norwegian and global fish farming. Bævre-Jensen holds a master’s degree in Aqua Medicine from the Norwegian Arctic University, with a specialization in sea lice. Karen Kirstine Østerhus previously worked at STIM, where she gained experience with bacteriophages, feed and other fish health-related products. In her most recent role, she focused on fish ready to be harvested and collaborated with farmers throughout Norway. Østerhus holds a bachelor’s degree in Aquaculture Management from Nord University and is halfway through a master’s degree in Sustainable Aquaculture from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Aker BioMarine strengthens QRILL™ Aqua sales team with new talent The heads of the African Green Revolution Alliance (AGRA) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) signed a new five-year cooperation agreement at the 2022 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Kigali, Rwanda. “The AGRF has become the landmark annual event on the continent bringing governments and partners together around food security and making safe, nutritious foods produced in a sustainable way available to all Africans,” said GAIN Executive Director Lawrence Haddad. “AGRA is thus a critical partner for GAIN in helping deliver strategies which African government are adopting in the face of the current food crisis,” Haddad added. The cooperation agreement covers GAIN support to the AGRF and working with AGRA to strengthen linkages between smallholder farmers and African agri-food companies, emphasizing better access to finance and technical skills for SMEs involved in the agri-food sector. Joint efforts are being made to strengthen nutritious food systems thinking in the African agriculture and Agri food landscape. This includes work on the development of food system metrics which will help governments and development partners plan to improve access to and availability of nutritious foods. “As the impact of climate change on African agriculture grows, we need to accelerate actions to promote investments for sustainable agriculture ensuring that Africans everywhere can have better access to safe and nutritious foods,” said AGRA President, Agnes Kalibata. AGRA and GAIN sign cooperation agreement Karen Kirstine Østerhus Maja Bævre-Jensen
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