Mekong Institute (MI) is going to organize the Regional Training Program on “Food Safety Management Tools in Food Manufacturing” on August 14-18, 2017 at Mekong Institute in Khon Kaen, Thailand.  The program aims to enhance the knowledge of participants on global food safety standards and understand the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) based on …

MI TO ORGANIZE THE REGIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT TOOLS IN FOOD MANUFACTURING Read More »

AMBODIA—Mekong Institute (MI) and the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (PDAFF), Kandal Province, co-organized the localized training on “Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)” last July 4-5.  Twenty-four vegetable producers and extension workers from Sa-Ang District participated in the training course, which aims to enhance the participants’ knowledge and technical capacity on GAP principles, as …

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Mekong Institute (MI) organized a one-day National Knowledge Sharing Forum on Food Safety at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on June 30, 2017. The forum gathered twelve MI alumni from both public and private sectors who participated in the first three MI-Food Safety Project (FSP) training programs.  Delivering the welcome remarks, Ms. Maria Theresa S. …

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About 60 farmers and farm extension workers from southern Vietnam participated in localized trainings on sustainable agrichemical and pest management practices on June 27 and 28, 2017. Held in An Giang and Vinh Long provinces, the two trainings were spearheaded by MI alumni who attended the Regional Training Program on Assuring Food Safety through Pest …

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Mekong Institute (MI), in close collaboration with the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), launches the Regional Training Program on Agri-food Inspection and Audit today at the Mekong Institute Residential Training Center. The course, which is only fourth of the series of training programs organized under the Food Safety Project (FSP), is being held from June …

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Mekong Institute (MI), with the support from the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), is organizing the Regional Training Program on Raising Public Awareness for Safe Food Consumption on July 24–28, 2017, at Mekong Institute in Khon Kaen, Thailand.  The training program aims to introduce consumer engagement strategies that can be employed to promote safe food …

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Mekong Institute, supported by the New Zealand Aid Programme, is going to organize Communicating Food Safety: Regional Media Training Program on Food Safety Reporting in CLMV on August 28–September 1, 2017 at Mekong Institute in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Full scholarships will be provided to about 20 media/communication professionals of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet …

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Mekong Institute (MI), with the support from the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), is going to organize the Regional Training Program on “Mainstreaming Food Safety Risk Analysis” on July 10–20, 2017, at Mekong Institute in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The training program aims to enhance participants’ knowledge and skills in assessing, managing, and communicating food safety …

MI WILL ORGANIZE THE REGIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON MAINSTREAMING FOOD SAFETY RISK ANALYSIS Read More »

Dr. Watcharas Leelawath, Executive Director of Mekong Institute (MI), and Ms. Maria Theresa Medialdia, Director of the Agricultural Development and Commercialization (ADC) Department, attended the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) at Thaifex 2017, which runs from May 31-June 4.  Dr. Leelawath and Ms. Medialdia participated in the policy forum on “Greater Mekong Subregion as One: Regional …

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The second regional training program under the Food Safety Project (FSP), a joint initiative by Mekong Institute (MI) and the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), kicks off today at the Mekong Institute Residential Training Center. The training course, which focuses on “Assuring Food Safety through Pest and Agrichemical Management”, is being held from May 15-26, …

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