REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP ON TRANSFER OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON "APPLICATION OF ICT FOR RESILIENT AGRICULTURE"

Technical Workshop on Distributional Effects of Disasters and Climate Change on Food Security in ASEAN

PUTRAJAYA, July 18 (Bernama) -- The Director General of MARDI, Datuk Dr Sharif Haron inaugurated two International Events held back to back in Putrajaya today. The first event is a one-day Technical Workshop on Distributional Effects of Disasters and Climate Change on Food Security in ASEAN, which was organized by MARDI and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) held yesterday and the second event is the Regional Training Workshop on Transfer of Agricultural Technology with Specific Focus on "Application of ICT for Resilient Agriculture” which was organized by MARDI and Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA-UNESCAP). The ceremony was also attended by Mr. Masakazu Ichimura, CAPSA-UNESCAP Director and Dr. Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Senior Economist of ERIA.

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