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 …

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Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with Consumer Protection, Competition, Fraud Repression Directorate-General (CCF), Ministry of Commerce (MoC) organized a one-day forum on “Food Safety for Market Access: Bringing Cambodian Food to the World” on June 14, 2022 at Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh Hotel, Cambodia. The forum, which is a part of PROSAFE: Promoting Safe Food …

PROSAFE FORUM ORGANIZED TO SCALE-UP AGRIFOOD EXPORTS IN CAMBODIA Read More »

Strengthening the region’s rice production resilience, Mekong Institute (MI) and the Rice Department of Thailand, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC), is cascading the Artificial Intelligence (AI) system, designed as a pest and natural disaster monitoring and forecasting system, through a hybrid regional training course on “AI System Maintenance and Utilization” from June 13 to …

LMC EXPERTS PREPARE TO ROLL OUT AI MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEM FOR RICE PRODUCTION Read More »

Today, on World Food Safety Day, Mekong Institute (MI) joins the stakeholders of the national food control system in Lao PDR and the world to commemorate the importance of food safety for public and economic health. We always fall back on the numbers to reiterate the cost of not addressing the immense burden of foodborne …

STRENGTHENING COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY IN LAO PDR Read More »

Today, on World Food Safety Day, Mekong Institute (MI) joins the stakeholders of the national food control system in Lao PDR and the world to commemorate the importance of food safety for public and economic health. We always fall back on the numbers to reiterate the cost of not addressing the immense burden of foodborne …

PROSAFE EXPANDS FOOD SAFETY COMMUNICATORS NETWORK IN CLV Read More »

Encouraging more food business operators to comply with the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) based on Codex Alimentarius, Mekong Institute (MI), through its PROSAFE Project, organized the online Regional Training Program on Food Safety Management Tools in Food Manufacturing from May 23 to 27, 2022.  “Consumers’ expectations and demands place important responsibilities on the people who …

PROSAFE CONTINUES TO TRAIN CMV FOOD PROCESSORS ON GMP Read More »

Recognizing the importance of food systems in addressing global issues and building back better post-pandemic, Mekong Institute (MI) and Kasetsart University (KU), with support from the Office of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Thailand Science Research and Innovation through the KU Reinventing University Program 2021, and the New Zealand Aid Programme …

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS CALLS FOR ACTION AND EVIDENCED-BASED POST-PANDEMIC INITIATIVES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Read More »

To support the promotion of One District One Product (ODOP) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Mekong Institute (MI), with support from the AEM-METI Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee (AMEICC) Secretariat, is conducting coaching program on product processing and packaging technologies for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and government officials from May 18-20, 2022.   …

MI PROVIDES ODOP COACHING PROGRAM TO BANANA PROCESSORS IN LAO PDR Read More »