The Field Training was conducted virtually on the 25th and 26th of August 2020 through BlueJeans virtual platform. It was organized through the Asia Pesticide Residue Mitigation Project (APRMP) by APAARI and IR4 project (Rutgers University). The project is supported by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)/World Trade Organization (WTO), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and German Development Agency (GIZ) as knowledge partners. A total of sixty-two participants attended the training from the partner countries. The training aimed to improve participants’ understanding of field training practices, such as general field GLP practices, Standard Operating Procedure, understand a protocol, and use of field equipment for pesticide mitigation studies.

Dr. Michael Braverman, IR4 Project, Rutgers University, USA and Dr. Ngan Chai Keong, Principal Research Officer, Soil Science, Water, and Fertilizer Research Centre, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) were the resource persons for the field training. The webinar was supported technically by Celilu Bitong, Tarathip Sanboonkrong, and Sasireka Rajendran from APAARI.

Presentations:

Day 1: 25 August 2020 – Presentation 1  |  Presentation 5

Day 2: 26 August 2020 – Presentation

Youtube:  link 1  |  link 2  |  link 3

Download the synthesis: APRMP Field Training Synthesis (315 downloads)