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APSA 2021 Year in Review has been finalized and ready to be downloaded 

SANYA CITY, HAINAN, CHINA: The International Alliance of Seed Industry Scientist (IASIS) – a new China-based association that aims to “deeply integrate the resources of international scientists . . . to better serve the sustainable development of the international seed industry”

The Asia and Pacific Seed Alliance (APSA) and the Thai Seed Trade Association (THASTA) are partnering to organize the 2022 Asian Seed Congress (ASC)

Members of the Asia and Pacific Seed Alliance (APSA) elected four members to its Executive Committee (EC) at the association’s 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on November 25 in a virtual format. 

November 19: APSA is pleased to announce and congratulate five prominent scientists who are being recognized for their excellence and contributions to seed and plant breeding science, research and development in the Asia-Pacific region. 

APSA’s Research & Development advisory group is pleased to announce the recent election of Dr. Seetharam Annadana as its new Chair, and Dr. John R. Sheedy as its new Co-chair. 

Kelly Grant Keithly, 76, of Keithly-Williams Seeds in Yuma, Arizona passed away on September 20. 

It is with great sadness to relay the passing of Hardeep Grewal. An active member of APSA’s Special Interest Group on Field Crops, Hardeep was the Head of Field Crops APAC at Syngenta Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd

APSA would like to express sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and associates of Professor Yuan Longping, who passed away in the southern Chinese city Changsha on Saturday (May 22). He would have turned 91 this September.

The Indian and Asian seed industries have lost one of their true promoters and champions for small and medium seed producers, in the sad untimely demise of Mr. Kollipara Niranjan Kumar on 8 May 2021. 

The APSA Executive Committee and Secretariat would like to express our heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the family, friends and associates of Buta Singh Kanwal, who passed away recently.

Tainan and Bangkok: Some 208 participants,  representing 31 member seed companies of the 2021 APSA-World Vegetable Center Vegetable Breeding Consortium met online May 11-12 to discuss and diliberate on promising vegetable R&D progress.

Bangkok, Thailand: The Asia and Pacific Seed Alliance (APSA) has been granted a Foreign Private Organization (FPO) license to operate in Thailand.

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APSA gets new Office Bearer

Rahul Pagar and Sanjay Bisht appointed to APSA’s Working Group of Integrated Vegetable Seed Companies (WIC) a new Chair and Co-Chair 

The Asia and Pacific Seed Alliance (APSA) and the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

In response to reports of mysterious, illegal and/or unsolicited packages of seeds mailed

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Welcome to the APSA July 2020 newsletter. We hope all of you are staying safe and well during this time.

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APSA is pleased to welcome as the newest member of the Secretariat, Muhammad Moazzam

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Technically not even a berry in the botanical sense, a common garden strawberry

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Dr Kuldip Raj Chopra, Researcher, entrepreneur, co-founder and honorary lifetime member of APSA

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A 69 participants from around the world attended the 6th Phytosanitary Expert consultation

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