FIJI PARTICIPATES IN THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CANE AND SUGAR 2023 in BANGKOK, THAILAND

The Director of Policy, Planning & Research of Ministry of Sugar Industry, Ms. Reshmi Kumari is currently in Thailand to participate in the 2nd International Conference on Cane and Sugar 2023. 

Ms. Kumari has been invited as a Keynote Speaker by the President of Thailand Society of Sugar Cane Technologies (TSSCT), Associate Professor Wirat Vanichsriratana to speak at the Conference along with other academics and sugar industry experts from Thailand, India, Vietnam, Japan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Brazil. 

While thanking the President of the TSSCT and the organisers of the Conference, the Permanent Secretary of Sugar Industry, Mr. Yogesh Karan said that participation at such conferences will provide avenues to promote Fiji as a sugar producing country and seek opportunities to collaborate with other countries to move our sugar industry forward.  In Thailand, Ms. Kumari would also explore ways to partner with Thailand sugar industry and universities in areas of agricultural machineries & harvesters, value-addition of sugar products and manufacturing of bioplastics that would support implementation of Fiji’s climate change adaptation strategies.

The conference with the theme “Towards BCG Economy; Smart Farm to Bio Industry” will be held from 5 – 7 July, 2023 at Asawin Grand Convention Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.