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STRENGTHENING COLLABORATION ON BUSINESS AND RESEARCH BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL PEPPER COMMUNITY AND UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK
On 14 January 2025, the International Pepper Community took a historical move towards enlarging collaboration with various renowned organization and institution in the world by the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the International Pepper Community (IPC) and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) which taken place at DeTar Putra, UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan.

The MoU signed by Prof. Dr. Ahmad Hata Rasit, the Vice Chancellor of UNIMAS and Ms. Firna Azura Ekaputri Haji Marzuki, the Executive Director of the IPC would be focusing on strengthening and promoting collaboration between IPC and UNMAS especially with the Faculty of Economics and Business with reciprocal approach in areas such as business knowledge, joint programmes, student development, research initiatives and other strategic approaches. The signing of the MoU was also attended by Mr. Apoi Wan, Acting Senior Director of Entrepreneur and Market Development Division Malaysian Pepper Board as one of the witness.

In her remarks, the Executive Director of the International Pepper Community, believed that the MoU would pave the way for strategic collaboration and cooperation between the two entities. She further elaborated that through the solidified bond UNIMAS could capitalize the pool of international players with various expertise. She also encouraged UNIMAS to invite more eminent international industry players to provide hands-on knowledge on specific subjects in the form of lectures and seminars for the University Students which would expose the students to practical knowledge. Â She further pointed out that with the expertise and resources available in UNIMAS, the university could collaborate with IPC and industry leaders to undertake research projects on certain topic which would benefit the global pepper industry.

She ended her remarks with a reminded that no single University could address future challenges by itself no matter how large or equipped they were as in this era of globalization and interdependence, cooperative partnership with other international organization for academic excellence around the world had become a necessity and not an option.

Previous Publications
- The 47th Annual Sessions and Meetings of the IPC, 12-14 November 2019, Vung Tau City Viet Nam
- INDONESIAN PEPPER DAY 2019
- IPC Indonesian Farmers App Workshop East Lampung, September 10, 2019.
- The 25th Meeting of the IPC Committee on Quality
- The 5th Meeting of the IPC Committee on Marketing
- IPC Technical Training
- 8<sup>th</sup> Meeting of the IPC Committee on R & D
- Registrations Open Now - International Pepper Conference 2019
- VIETNAM IPC FARMERS APP LAUNCH 04-APR-2019
- IPC INDONESIAN FARMERS APP WORKSHOP 2019
- IPC Cooperation with Indian Institute of Spice Research
- IPC - AISEF Indian Pepper App Launched
- Strategis for Greater Growth and Development of the Pepper Industry in Malaysia
- Transformation Through Collaboration
- The 24th Meeting of IPC Committee on Quality
- IPC-AISEF sign off agreement of IPC Farmers App in India, July 2018
- IPC Farmers App Launching Ceremony
- The IPC Farmers App Launching in Indonesia and India in July and August
- Indian Pepper Value Addition
- Inviting Expression Of Interest (EOI) to participate in the IPC Farmer's App
- The Executive Director attended the 3rd International Spice Conference, 4th - 7th February 2018, Jaipur, India.
- The President Maithripala Sirisena inaugurated the 45th Session of the IPC.
- President Maithripala Sirisena presented the IPC Awards 2016.
- Pesticide Residue Training, 26-27th September 2017, Kuching, Malaysia
- India and Indonesia organized Pepper Day in October 2017