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President Maithripala Sirisena presented the IPC Awards 2016.
"The IPC award was initiated at the 38th Session of the IPC held in Cochin, India during November 2010 and the first series of the IPC Awards was given to the best Pepper Farmers, Exporters of Value Added Pepper Products and Innovative Pepper Products Manufacturers in 2011
The objective of the programme is to recognize and promote the best farmers, exporters and innovative manufacturers so as to encourage and supports the stake holders to empower the local traders exporters to perform better in the years to come. The IPC Award is also to provide the winners with the opportunity to have public recognition which at the end will further help them gain more success in the domestics and international markets.
The President Maithripala Sirisena has kindly handed over the IPC Awards 2016 to the winners during the Inaugural Session of the 45th Session of IPC on 30th October 2017 in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
The President presented IPC Award Certificates and Plaques to the winners of the IPC awards under three categories namely Best Pepper Farmers, Excellence in Export of Value Added Pepper Products and Excellence in Innovative Pepper Products Manufacturers in 2016. The name of the IPC Awards winners for 2016 are :
IPC Awards for Best Pepper Farmers (2016)
- Mr. B.H. Sreekanta (India)
- Mr. H. Burhanuddin (Indonesia)
- Mr. Andi Anak Ampok (Malaysia)
- Kurunegala Plantations Ltd. (Sri Lanka)
- Mr. Pham Cong Hoanh (Viet Nam)
Previous Publications
- Pepper/Spice Exhibition at Kandy, Sri Lanka, 30th Oct. - 2nd Nov. 2017
- MPB Central Lab, Kuching, to host IPC Quality Training programme in September 2017
- Executive Director of the International Pepper Community to visit Cambodia in June 2017
- Sri Lanka to host the 45th Annual Session of the IPC during 30th Oct - 2nd Nov. 2017
- Sri Lanka's pepper now becomes one of most important spice crops for export after Cinnamon - Bandula Wickramarachchi
- Members to continue organizing the Pepper Day in 2017
- IPC revises Standard Specifications for Pepper and Pepper Products
- Iman Pambagyo, Director General seeks IPC member countries to strengthen collaborative works in responding to the quality related issues
- IPC GMP Book to be printed in different language of IPC member countries
- IPC Inter-lab Proficiency Testing Programme
- IPC Book on Good Manufacturing Practices for Pepper (P. nigrum L.) was launched
- The IPC Special Session held on 09th - 10th January 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Sri Lanka has confirmed to host the 45th Annual Session and other Meetings of the International Pepper Community in Kandy.
- Mrs. Mariam Ilias named as the Liaison Officer of Malaysia to IPC
- Lampung now has another modern pepper / spice processing unit
- 1st Forum Vietnam Pepper Outlook 2016 organized successfully in Phu Quoc
- VPA to organize 1st Forum Vietnam Pepper Outlook from 17th-19th November 2016
- IPC Executive Director visited Davao, Philippines and met Governor Claude Bautista
- ED attended the 47th APCC COCOTECH
- Dr. Agus Wahyudi named as Director of Spices and Seasonal Crops of the Agriculture Ministry of Indonesia
- Mr. Eng. BANDULA Wickramaarachchi Secretary of Ministry of Primary Industries of Sri Lanka, is the Chairman of IPC for 2016/2017
- Governor Bautista and other officials of Philippines visited Indonesia and Vietnam
- Dato Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom named as new Chairman and Dr. Harry Entebang as new Director General of Malaysian Pepper Board
- IPC announced the winners of the IPC Award Winners for the year 2015
- Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, urged IPC to strengthen the cooperation among the members on five strategic important issues.