APCoAB – Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) https://www.apaari.org Fri, 31 May 2024 05:17:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.apaari.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-APAARI-Logo.fw_-32x32.png APCoAB – Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) https://www.apaari.org 32 32 Comprehensive Report of Webinar series for popularizing Plant Tissue Culture in Asia-Pacific Region and African Countries towards realizing its potential https://www.apaari.org/comprehensive-report-of-webinar-series-for-popularizing-plant-tissue-culture-in-asia-pacific-region-and-african-countries-towards-realizing-its-potential/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 06:38:03 +0000 https://www.apaari.org/?p=82302

The Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), under its programme Asia- Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology and Bioresources (APCoAB), in collaboration with BCIL, India, jointly organized a Webinar series for popularizing Plant Tissue Culture in Asia-Pacific Region and African Countries towards realizing its potential, on May 31, June 30, July 29, August 26 2022. With the following expected outcomes:

  • Widespread awareness and sensitization about importance of Plant Tissue Culture technology in Asia-Pacific and African countries that have great potential for application of plant tissue culture technology for sustainable development and benefit the smallholder farmers.
  • Highlight commercial aspect of plant tissue culture along with Quality management system (QMS) covering a wide range of crops aimed at popularization of tissue culture raised certified quality plants in the region, their significance, best practices and way forward:

Webinar 1: Banana, Root and Tuber Crops (Banana & Potato)

Webinar 2: Perennial fruits/cash crops (Date palm, Pomegranate & Sugarcane)

Webinar 3: Tree/Woody Plants (Bamboo & Teak)

Webinar 4: Ornamentals Plants

The webinars were chaired by highly reputed dignitaries/policy makers from Ministries of Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural Development, Government of India. The speakers and the panelists comprised of experts from industry, academia and leading research institutions in India and from other countries in the Asia and Africa.

The webinar series has been a grand success with active participation (ranging from 300 to 397 participants belonging to at least 28 countries) of all stakeholders (researchers from public and private sectors, industries, policy makers, teachers and students including women and youth) which was very well received by one and all. The webinar series generated great interest at a global level among all concerned and resulted in some very thoughtful deliberations among the industry leaders and senior experts. It provided an effective platform to the tissue culture industry globally to voice their opinions as well as concerns. We hope that this webinar series has provided an ideal platform to build further on the ideas generated and developing the relevant support systems with the active collaboration of the all the interested stakeholders mutually.

To know more about the insights and recommendations, download the full report.

]]> Investment in Modern Agricultural Biotechnology and its Socio-economic Impact on Livelihoods of Farmers in Asia-pacific https://www.apaari.org/online-workshop-apcoab-regional-workshop-on-investment-in-modern-agricultural-biotechnology-and-its-socio-economic-impact-on-livelihoods-of-farmers-in-asia-pacific/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:43:00 +0000 https://www.apaari.org/?p=81718

The Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), under its programme Asia- Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology and Bioresources (APCoAB), organized a Virtual Regional Workshop on Investment in Modern Agricultural Biotechnology and its Socio-Economic Impact on Livelihoods of Farmers in Asia-Pacific, in collaboration with the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), Philippines; Council of Agricultural (COA), Taiwan; CropLife Asia (CLA), Singapore; and Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII), India, with the following expected outcomes:

  • Provide a platform to have an overview of investment in agricultural biotechnology R&D by public and private sectors and its impact in the region and;
  • Identify potential areas for investment/co-investment in modern agricultural biotechnology and ways forward on innovative funding mechanisms by public and private sectors.

The two-day virtual workshop was attended by a total of 424 participants belonging to 33 countries from Asia-Pacific region and beyond including researchers, representatives of various National Agricultural Research System (NARS) organizations (public sector) and private sector, policymakers, regulatory personnel, Consultative Group of International Agriculture Research (CGIAR, in short CG) Centers, advanced research institutes, funding/donor agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Farmers Organizations as well as the recognized experts from 15 countries who made presentations and participated in the panel discussion.

 
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