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Pepper News
ED participated at the XXI PLACROSYM, Kozhikode, India, 10-12 Dec. 2014
Mr. WDL Gunaratne, Executive Director of IPC participated at the XII PLACROSYM (21st Symposium on Plantation Crops) which was hosted by the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) from 10th - 12th December 2014 and organized jointly with other Research Institutes dealing with other commodity crops including Coffee, Coconut, Cashew, Tea, Rubber etc.
The 21st Symposium on Plantation Crops organized by ICAR and IISR, India was inaugurated by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, Founder Chairman and Chief Mentor, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. The symposium provided a forum for interaction among scientists, industry, and extension and development agencies engaged in plantation crops research and development. More than 350 delegates from India and abroad, representing different organizations, agro-industry, farmers, extension, trade associations and policy makers in the plantation crops sector participated in the symposium focusing on the theme on "Converging technologies for sustainability". The Executive Director of IPC was among the international speakers at the Symposium. Mr. Gunaratne presented a paper on ÔÇ£Productivity Improvement of Pepper; a challenge for the Traditional pepper producing CountriesÔÇØ. The presentation covered the reasons behind the low productivity and how to overcome that to get the maximum out of available opportunities
Dr. M. Anandaraj (Director, IISR, India, 2nd from left)
with other VVIPs during the Inauguration of the symposium.
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.