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Provisional Programme |
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Opening Ceremony |
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08:50 - 09:00 |
Welcome Address
Yacob Ahmad,
Chief Executive Officer, International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) |
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09:00 - 09:10 |
Welcome Address
Kaison Chang,
Secretary, Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and Tropical Fruits, FAO |
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09:10 - 09:25 |
Opening Address
His Excellency Dato' Mohd Arif Bin Ab. Rahman,
Secretary-General, Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, Malaysia, and Chairperson TFNet |
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Session 1: Keynote Paper
Chairperson: Kaison Chang
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09:30 - 09:35 |
Introduction by the Chair |
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09:35 - 10:15 |
Strategy for combating Fusarium Wilt in bananas through conventional breeding, GMO's and cultivation techniques
Dr. Yi Ganjun,
Vice President, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China |
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10:15 - 11:00 |
Discussion and recommendations |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Break |
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Session 2 : Research priorities and technology adoption to enhance market access
Chairperson: Yacob Ahmad
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Introduction by the Chair |
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Research needs to align with commercial practice – Alternative concept for mango market access protocol
Bob C. Williams,
Director of Plant Industries, Darwin, Australia |
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Research and development in addressing the challenges in market expansion of Malaysian fruits
Zabedah Mahmood, Research Officer, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Malaysia |
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A challenge of technology adoption for exported fruits in Indonesia
Dr. Hasanuddin Ibrahim,
Director General, Dept. of Horticulture, Indonesia |
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Research developments in enhancing export of pitaya and other tropical fruits in Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Van Hoa,
SOFRI, Vietnam |
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12:40 - 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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Session 2 : (Continued)
Chairperson: Dr. T.K Quang, Vice President, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Science.
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14:00 - 14:20 |
Production and marketing of tropical fruits in GCC countries, with focus on mango
Dr. Hassan Dinar, FAO, Saudi Arabia |
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14:20 - 14:40 |
Intensifying research to meet with market access requirement for tropical fruits – the Sri Lanka experience
Dr. DBT Wijeratne,
Additional Secretary (Agricultural Technology), Ministry of Agriculture, Sri Lanka |
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14:40 - 15:00 |
Research advances in tropical fruit reseach in India
Dr. Prakash Patil,
Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, India |
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15:00 - 15:20 |
Current issues and challenges in improving markets for fruits in Myanmar
Dr. Than Than Sein,
Myanmar fruit and vegetable producer and exporter association |
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15:20 - 15:40 |
Fruit cultivation and production technologies in Sudan and the impact of appropriate cultivar selection
Dr. Badreldeen ElShiekh Hassan,
Director General, Department of Horticulture, Sudan |
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15:40 - 16:00 |
Market access of papaya and pineapples to Australia and New Zealand
Salendra Prasad,
Department of Agriculture, Fiji |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Discussion and recommendations |
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