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8<sup>th</sup> Meeting of the IPC Committee on R & D
During the 2nd and 3rd May 2019, International Pepper Community in collaboration with Malaysian Pepper Board hosted the 8th Meeting of the IPC Committee on R & D in Kuching, Sarawak. The Meeting which was opened by the Executive Director of IPC, Mrs. Hoang Thi Lien, was officiated and inaugurated by the General Director of Malaysian Pepper Board, Mr. Stanley Liew JK and the representative of the Malaysian Ministry of Primary Industry. This two-days meeting was attended by experts in Research and Development of pepper from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam.
The Meeting, chaired by Mr. Santhosh J Eapen from Indian Institute of Spice Research (IISR), mainly deliberated on the revision of the IPC Books; Good Agriculture Practices and Pests and Diseases of Black Pepper and also updates on the research and development activities, MRLs and also the cost of production in each respective country. The IPC books are scheduled to be re-published with the new revision in the third quarter of 2019. In addition to discussing the draft of the IPC Committee on R & D Work Plan for the year 2019/2020 which included works Focus on Pepper, Training videos Content, Human Capital Training and many other, the Meeting also ventured the possibilities of developing molecular data analysis of authentic varieties of respective member countries in order to identify fraudulent or mixed pepper. Furthermore, the Meeting also elaborated on the IPC Farmers App project which had been successfully launched for India, Indonesia and Viet Nam, and venturing the implementation of IPC Farmers App project for Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
On the second day of the Meeting, participants from IPC member countries were brought to some of the pepper farms in Sarawak, Malaysia. Participants were able to see first-hand the pepper field and cultivation practice applied in Sarawak as well as its most common varieties. Furthermore, participants were also able to converse directly with farmers on the pests and diseases, fertilizers, irrigations and others applied by the farmers to their pepper.
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