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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.

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.

APSA's first Seed Technology Webinar covers latest pathogenic, virus Seed Health Testing protocol, method validation and phytosanitary regulations

IN BRIEF:

• APSA’s big return to China: Celebrating 30 years, APSA and CNSTA welcome 1,500+ delegates to the 29th Asian Seed Congress in Sanya, Hainan.
• Seed powerhouse: The Asia-Pacific region leads the global seed market, accounting for 40% of seed volume, with field crops and vegetable seeds leading the way
• Cutting-edge plant breeding: Advances in gene-editing and new breeding techniques drive APAC’s push for resilient crops and food security.
• Evolving biotech rules: China, Japan, India, Philippines, Thailand and others adopt flexible regulations to fast-track next-gen seeds for market.
• APSA’s future roadmap: New strategy focuses on policy, member support, and operational excellence to empower the industry as APSA aims to boost regional impact
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Bangkok, Thailand — As new breeding technologies evolve rapidly to meet growing global challenges, the Asia-Pacific seed industry welcomes science-based regulatory approaches by regional policymakers to secure the future of food production. Thailand's newly implemented gene editing regulations have been hailed as a crucial step toward driving innovation in crop development, addressing urgent issues like climate change and food security.

Representives of seven international seed industry and plant breeders ortganizations are praising a move by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) to adopt new Explanatory Notes (EXN) on Essentially Derived Varieties (EDVs).

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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