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Pepper News
IPC to launch the promotion programme - Pepper Fest in 2013
As part of the promotion programme to increase the domestic consumption in the IPC member countries which are the major pepper producing countries, the IPC and the member countries will be started the promotion programme in 2013.
The Pepper Day / Pepper Fest is aimed to popularize the different uses and health benefits of pepper in the member countries through a series of cooking demonstration and competition, to be held in different cities.
This promotion programme was initiated to anticipate the gap between the supply and demand that could be wider in the next few years, since in the last two years the pepper prices have been ruling high due to low supply and high demand and this has resulted to the possible increase in the pepper areas as farmers in some of the producing countries have started expending the area under cultivation.
There has been good response from the concerned agencies of the member countries in undertaking the promotiona programme. In India, the Spices Board is working together with the private sector to have the Pepper Fest in Bangalore. Malaysian Pepper Board of Malaysia with the support of the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities is planning to have the function in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Sri Lanka and Vietnam have also confirmed to have the Pepper Fest in Kandy and Ho Chi Minh, while for Indonesia, the promotion programme is scheduled to take place in Jakarta.
The programme to be undertaken by the concerned agencies in the IPC member countries are expected to increase the domestic consumption of the pepper in the respective member countries by promoting the different uses and health benefit of pepper at the function. Efforts to get wide coverage on the programme by printed/electronic media including TV are also being made by the concerned agency.
The IPC wishes to extend sincere thanks to all the member countries for their pro active supports in making the promotion programme a success.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.