ASC 2022 Post-Congress Tour East West Seed – NSTDA

The ASC 2022 East West Seed – NSTDA Post-Congress Tour will be held on Friday the 18th of November 2022 and  will take delegates to visit 2 locations. In the morning delegates will visit East West Seed, and in the afternoon visit National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA).

Registration:

• The ASC 2022 Post-Congress Tour is ONLY for confirmed paid delegates attending the 2022 Asian Seed Congress

• Pre-Registration for participation in the ASC 2022 Post Congress Tour will cost 50 USD per person.

• Registration Fee will cover transportation, lunch and travel insurance

• On-Site Registration Fee will cost 75 USD per person

• If you wish to cancel your ASC 2022 Post-Congress Tour Registration, then you must inform APSA no later than 14 October 2022, whereby any payment already received will be fully reimbursed, minus bank transfer fee.

• Any cancellation made after 14 October 2022 will be non-refundable.

TOUR IS FULLY BOOKED

If you wish to register for this tour, please contact APSA Membership Coordination Manager, Mr. Komsak Kamjing (Bobbie) at komsak@apsaseed.org

East West Seed:

For 40 years, we have provided quality locally-adapted vegetable seeds and the right techniques to help smallholder farmers improve their yields, earn more for their work and stay healthy. We would like to welcome you to celebrate with us at the post-congress tour, visiting our field day 2022, where we display over 167 vegetable and flower varieties in 24 crops along with trial beds and greenhouse on growing techniques and innovations from our experts.

During the East West Seed Tour, you will enjoy:

• Crop field demonstration : Cucurbit, Corn, Tomatoes, Pepper, Eggplant, Watermelon , lettuce and indigenous crop and many more
• Ideas and concepts on Home Vegetable Farming (kitchen gardening)
• 284 meters long of Vegetable Arch Trellis with EWS vining plants such as wax gourd, bottle gourd, etc.
• IOT smart solutions for Vegetable Green House and Open Field
• Seed Technology and Innovation

The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) was established in 1991 under the National Science and Technology Development Act 1991 and is entrusted with an important task to accelerate science, technology and innovation development in Thailand in order to respond to the need of the industry and enhance the country’s competitiveness in the global economy, and as a result, making contribution to national economic and social development. Our mission is to perform and support Research and Development, Design and Engineering, Technology Transfer, Science and Technology Human Resource Development, and Infrastructure Development. This mission is implemented through working with partners from academic, government, private, and non-government sectors, both domestically and internationally.

During the NSTDA Tour, you will visit:

• National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
• Antibody-Based Diagnostics for Plant Pathogens
• Plant Phenomics
• Herbal Plant Factory

• National Omics Center (NOC)
• Genomics Laboratory
• Proteomics Laboratory
• Metabolomics Laboratory

• National Biobank of Thailand (NBT)
• Tissue culture laboratory and advanced cell culture for cryopreservation laboratory
• Plant factory: Cannabis breed improvement project
• Seed bank for wild plant and germplasm conservation program
• An integrative germplasm information management system (iGMS): Digital platform for germplasm-exchange promotion
• GeneTitan by Thermofisher: High throughput SNP genotyping platform

• Institute of Technology and Innovation Management for Agriculture (AGRITEC)
• Smart greenhouse & Smart farm technology