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The 9th Meeting of the IPC Committee on R & D, October 15, 2020.
As to ensure the progress of IPC project and programme amidst the ongoing global pandemic of Corona Virus which affected every aspect of people's life, IPC Secretariat organized the 9th Meeting of the IPC Committee on R & D through online platform on 15 October 2020. The meeting was attended by experts of Research and Development from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam. The Meeting which was opened by the Executive Director of the IPC, Mrs. Hoang Thi Lien, was officiated by the Chairman of the IPC, Mr. Sathiyan Duraiswamy, Secretary of Spices Board Govt. of India.
The Meeting which was chaired by Dr. A.B. Rema Shree, Director (R & D) of Spices Board Govt. of India, discussed report from member countries on Nutrition, Fertilization, Harvesting and Post-Harvest Processing as well as touched upon the cost of production of pepper cultivation in each respective country. The IPC Committee on R & D also took upon the opportunity to discuss the revision of the IPC Book on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), issues on pepper traceability, researchable issues of black pepper as well as the harmonization of cost of production of pepper cultivation among IPC member countries.
Furthermore, the Meeting was also utilized to present the latest IPC project of creating of Training Videos for Pepper Farmers. The 12 series of Training Video which was uploaded to IPC Farmers App, IPC Website and Youtube, was successfully created with collaboration between IPC, Spices Board Govt. of India, Horticulture Commission of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare India, Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development India, Kerala Agriculture University, Department of Export Agriculture Sri Lanka and Corbel Business Application. In addition, the Meeting also showcased the latest feature addition to the IPC Farmer App labeled "Community" which was an interactive chatroom feature like for farmers/users of the IPC Farmers App to share their knowledge and expertise as well as discuss problem they might have in cultivation of pepper.
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.