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Members to continue organizing the Pepper Day in 2017
As part of the IPC efforts in promoting the domestic consumption of pepper, to narrow down the gap between supply and demand, the IPC Secretariat at the recent meeting urged the member of Committee on Marketing to continue organizing the Pepper Day during 2017.
In response to the request from the IPC Secretariat, all the representatives from member countries present at the recent Marketing Committee Meeting have expressed the willingness of the concerned agencies in the member countries to continue organizing promotion programme Pepper Day during 2017.
Indonesia informed that the Pepper Day 2017 will be held on 26th August 2017 in Lampung. Viet Nam is to have the Pepper Day in October 2017. India is scheduled to organize Pepper Day during the forth quarter of 2017 while Sri Lanka had suggested having the Pepper Day at the same day for all members on 26th August.
Inauguration of Pepper Day 2016 held in India on 29th Nov. 2016
Pepper is a commodity with low price elasticity and that the consumption in the importing countries may not increase significantly event at the time of the declining of pepper prices. One way of increasing demand and improving prices is to increase domestic consumption in producing countries taking into consideration there is ample opportunities to increase domestic consumption in the producing countries in line with the increase in the middle level.
The Pepper Day promotion programme has been held in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malaysia Sri Lanka and Viet Nam and this effort is expected to continue to create awareness on the health benefit of pepper as food ingredients.
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