Two localized trainings on integrated pest management and safe agrichemical use were conducted on September 20 in Tien Giang Province, Vietnam. Spearheaded by local IPM experts from the Southern Horticultural Research Institute, 30 durian farmers in Cai Lay District and 30 dragon fruit farmers from Cho Gao District participated in the short courses.    Mr. …

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“Now is the time to protect consumers, which includes all of us, from the risks of unsafe food. Success [in promoting food safety] ultimately requires cooperation from both the public and private sectors” This was the key message of Ms. Maria Theresa Medialdia, Director of Mekong Institute’s Agricultural Development and Commercialization Department, in her opening …

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Mekong Institute (MI), together with TWM consultant and the Institute of Standards of Cambodia (ISC), has successfully delivered the localized training on Food Safety Management Tools in Food Manufacturing at Bella Restaurant, Phnom Penh, Cambodia on September 18-19, 2018.   Twenty-one participants from agro-food processing enterprises attended the training course. The program aimed to enhance the …

MI PROSAFE ALUMNI HOST FOOD SAFETY TRAINING FOR SMES IN CAMBODIA Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI) recently held an inception workshop for the five-year New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP)-supported PROSAFE Project (Promoting Safe Food for Everyone) on September 7, 2018 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.   Organized to officially launch the project, which takes off from the success of the first phase of the MI-Food Safety Project (MI-FSP), the …

MI GATHERS MYANMAR FOOD SAFETY STAKEHOLDERS FOR PROSAFE PROJECT INCEPTION WORKSHOP Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI) opens today, September 10, the regional training program on Raising Public Awareness on Safe Food Consumption at the MI Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Twenty-eight participants from key national agencies and academic institutions from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) are attending the five-day safe food course. Organized for …

MI TRAINING BRINGS INTO FOCUS CONSUMER AWARENESS ON SAFE FOOD Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI) organized an inception workshop in Lao PDR on September 4 for the New Zealand Aid Programme-supported PROSAFE project. Held at the Lao Plaza Hotel Vientiane, the workshop gathered 23 participants from key government agencies, including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Information, …

MI MEETS KEY FOOD SAFETY STAKEHOLDERS IN LAO PDR Read More »

Mekong Institute’s PROSAFE Project continues the delivery of training courses to bolster safe food consciousness in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV). Today, August 20, the regional training program on Mainstreaming Food Safety Risk Analysis opened at the MI Residential Training Center with 28 participants in attendance from relevant government agencies, academic and research …

MI PROSAFE TRAINING EMPHASIZES FOOD SAFETY RISK ANALYSIS Read More »

Mekong Institute served as co-organizer of the recently-concluded 4th AFSA International Conference on Food Safety and Food Security (AFSA 2018), hosted by the Asia Food Safety and Security Association together with the Royal University of Agriculture-Cambodia (RUA). The conference, held on August 10-12, 2018 at Siem Reap, Cambodia, featured 13 keynote presentations on the challenges, …

MI CO-ORGANIZES AFSA 2018, SIGNS MOU WITH RUA Read More »

The regional training on ‘Communicating Food Safety’ commenced today, August 6, at the MI Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Twenty-eight science correspondents and media professionals from the four partner countries—Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam—are participating in this safe food course.   In an effort to raise media awareness and interest in covering food …

MI TRAINS CLMV MEDIA ON EFFECTIVE SAFE FOOD REPORTING Read More »

As Mekong Institute’s PROSAFE Project goes full blast with new training courses, the first in a series of Country Inception Workshops was held yesterday, July 24, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The workshop gathered 27 participants from four key ministries (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [MAFF], Ministry of Industry and Handicraft [MIH], Ministry of Commerce …

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