The 23 government officials, academics, non-government organization representatives and private sector stakeholders from Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) who attended the Regional Training Program on Raising Public Awareness on Safe Food Consumption held from August 22-26, 2022 at the Mekong Institute Training Centre in Khon Kaen, Thailand, have adopted the …

CLMV TO ELEVATE SAFE FOOD CONSUMPTION CAMPAIGNS THROUGH PROSAFE ACTION PLANS Read More »

Mekong Institute, with the support of the Mekong – Republic of Korea Cooperation Fund (MKCF), is organizing the Regional Training Program on Food Loss Reduction for Sustainable Agri-Food Value Chains from September 12-16, 2022 at the MI Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The 5-day course aims to spotlight food loss reduction, introduce innovative …

MI OPENS APPLICATIONS TO FOOD LOSS REDUCTION TRAINING IN FRESH PRODUCE Read More »

Sutee Tinnarat, a mango grower and exporter from Ban Haed District, Khon Kaen, Thailand, currently leads the Ban Haed Mango Enterprises, which is composed of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) – certified farms. The tropical fruit has traveled all the way to South Korea, Japan, China and as far as Europe. However, a talk with Sutee, …

GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, A PROMISING INVESTMENT FOR MANGO GROWERS Read More »

Encouraging more institutions to strengthen agricultural value chain and prioritize it in their national agenda, Mekong Institute (MI) and the Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) jointly organized the Regional Training of Trainers on Agricultural Value Chain Assessment and Strengthening, introducing the newly developed modules of the latter and the Food and Agriculture Organization …

MI-APRACA PROJECT PILOTS THE AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAIN ASSESSMENT AND STRENGTHENING TRAINING MODULES Read More »

Khon Kaen / August 15, 2022: Supported by the Department of International Cooperation (DIC) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), P.R.C., the Foreign Economic Cooperation Center (FECC) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, P.R.C., and Mekong Institute (MI) jointly organized a training workshop on “Lancang-Mekong Agro-Products Quality and Safety Inspection …

P.R.C. AND MI ORGANIZE A TRAINING-WORKSHOP TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEM AND STRENGTHEN THE LANCANG-MEKONG’S AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS Read More »

Mekong Institute continues to support safer agri-food trade facilitation and expanding market access for Lao food products through key activities under the PROSAFE project funded by the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP).  A forum titled Food Safety for Market Access Towards Vision 2030, was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on August 3rd 2022 and in …

BRINGING LAO FLAVOURS TO THE WORLD Read More »

Mekong Institute organized a 5-day Regional Training Program on the “Safe Use of Additives in Food” on July 25-29, 2022 at Mekong Institute, Thailand. The training course aims to enhance the participants’ understanding of food additives and their functional uses, their application in different food products, and the safe allowable levels of use. Likewise, the …

SAFE USE OF FOOD ADDITIVES PROMOTED IN CLMV Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI), with financial support from the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), organized an on-site Regional Training Program on “Food Hygiene and Sanitation for Food Handlers” from July 11-15, 2022 at the Mekong Institute, Khon Kaen, Thailand. Twenty-three government and private sector representatives from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) joined the training …

PROSAFE CAPACITATES MORE FOOD HANDLERS ON HYGIENE AND SANITATION Read More »

Leveraging wider export opportunities, representatives from Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam talked about strategic approaches in developing common rice standards during the International Workshop on Harmonizing Rice Standards in the Lancang-Mekong Region which was organized by Mekong Institute (MI) and Thailand Rice Department (RD) on July 5-7, 2022 at the …

LANCANG-MEKONG COUNTRIES DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMON RICE STANDARDS FOR INCREASED TRADE OPPORTUNITIES Read More »

More media professionals and communication officers in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) and Vietnam were capacitated on transforming food safety contents into newsworthy publication during the Regional Media Training on Communicating Food Safety, a training program under the Promoting Safe Food for Everyone (PROSAFE) project, which took place from June 27 to July 1 …

PROSAFE EXPANDS FOOD SAFETY COMMUNICATORS NETWORK IN CLV Read More »