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Pepper News
Members to continue organizing the Pepper Day in 2017
As part of the IPC efforts in promoting the domestic consumption of pepper, to narrow down the gap between supply and demand, the IPC Secretariat at the recent meeting urged the member of Committee on Marketing to continue organizing the Pepper Day during 2017.
In response to the request from the IPC Secretariat, all the representatives from member countries present at the recent Marketing Committee Meeting have expressed the willingness of the concerned agencies in the member countries to continue organizing promotion programme Pepper Day during 2017.
Indonesia informed that the Pepper Day 2017 will be held on 26th August 2017 in Lampung. Viet Nam is to have the Pepper Day in October 2017. India is scheduled to organize Pepper Day during the forth quarter of 2017 while Sri Lanka had suggested having the Pepper Day at the same day for all members on 26th August.
Inauguration of Pepper Day 2016 held in India on 29th Nov. 2016
Pepper is a commodity with low price elasticity and that the consumption in the importing countries may not increase significantly event at the time of the declining of pepper prices. One way of increasing demand and improving prices is to increase domestic consumption in producing countries taking into consideration there is ample opportunities to increase domestic consumption in the producing countries in line with the increase in the middle level.
The Pepper Day promotion programme has been held in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malaysia Sri Lanka and Viet Nam and this effort is expected to continue to create awareness on the health benefit of pepper as food ingredients.
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
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- 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.