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The 25th Meeting of the IPC Committee on Quality
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam was chosen to be the venue for the 25th Meeting of the IPC Committee on Quality during 27 - 28 August 2019. This annual IPC Meeting was co-hosted by Plant Protection Department of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at the Southern Pesticide Control and Testing Center office located in Ho Chi Minh City. The two days meeting was officiated and inaugurated by Mr. Le Van Thiet the Deputy Director General of Plant Protection Department of Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development. During his inaugural speech, Mr. Thiet reminded participants that the unfavorable low price of pepper in recent years had resulted to farmers spending less on their crop management which resulting to low quality pepper product. He then encouraged participants to devise solution which would enable farmers to shift to a more biological treatment approach as opposed to chemicals.

The Meeting which was opened by the Executive Director of IPC, Mrs. Hoang Thi Lien, was attended by Committee of Quality Members from IPC members countries. During her welcome speech, Mrs. Lien expressed her beliefs that by addressing quality issues, we would be able to help increase the unfavorable low price. She further highlighted the IPC's quality related programme for the year 2019; IPC Proficiency Testing Program and IPC Technical Training of Testing Method for Laboratory Personnel. During the Meeting, the Committee adopted the booklet of GMP prepared by Indonesia to be published for Farmers.

The 25th Meeting of the IPC Committee on Quality was closed with a tour of the facilities and showcase of the equipment at the Southern Pesticide Control and Testing Center.
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