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International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council

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Asia

Members

H. S. Dillion: Chair, Center for Agricultural Policy Studies and Former Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture. (Indonesia)

Jikun Huang: Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

Raul Montemayor: Business Manager, Federation of Free Farmers. (Philippines)

Hiroshi Shiraiwa: Former Counselor, Japan International Agriculture Council, Former Director, Mitsui & Co., Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture. (Japan)

Jiro Shiwaku: President, Agriculture and Fishery Cooperative Savings Insurance Corp.; Past President, Livestock Industry Promotion Corporation; Former Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. (Japan)

Events and Seminars

Upcoming: 41st IPC Seminar

Agricultural Trade and Rural Development in Developing Countries

Bogor, Indonesia

May 12-13, 2008

Agricultural Trade and Sustainable Development in Southeast
36th IPC Seminar
Hanoi, Vietnam
October 28-30, 2005
Details

Easing the Transition to More Open Global Markets
32nd IPC Seminar
New Delhi, India
November 11-14, 2003
Details

Prospects for the Agricultural Talks and WTO Trade Round
26th IPC Seminar
Beijing, China
November 9-12, 2000
Details

How Changing Global Conditions Affect Agriculture
12th IPC Seminar
Gotenba and Tokyo, Japan
October 3-7, 1993
Details

8th Plenary Meeting
Bangkok & Chiang Mai, Thailand
November 2-5, 1991

Studies that Focus on Asia

The Costs of Implementing the Biosafety Protocol — A Look at China
The International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) published a technology issue brief on China, examining the costs of implementing different documentation requirements envisaged under the Biosafety Protocol (BSP) for shipments of living modified organisms intended for direct use as food, feed or processing (LMOs-FFP). The brief highlights BSP implementation costs under the different potential documentation requirements for the identification of LMOs-FFP.