| About the Regional Center |
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Fruit flies are serious pests of fruits and vegetables, and pose a major obstacle to the successful establishment of horticulture industries and trade in the Asia-Pacific region. Griffith University , Australia , in formal collaboration with ASEAN has established an International Centre for the Management of Pest Fruit Flies (ICMPFF) to consolidate and enhance technical collaboration for improved management of these devastating pests.
The ASEAN Ministries of Agriculture and Fisheries at the 25 th Ministerial meeting held in Kuala Lumpur from 18-19th August 2003 formally endorsed the ICMPFF. Collaboration involves Australia in partnership with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore and Brunei .
Griffith University has established the headquarters of the ICMPFF at its Nathan campus in Brisbane, Australia .
The Government of Malaysia as represented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry will host a Regional Center located in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia .
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Griffith University and the Government of Malaysia on 7 December 2004 . Pursuant to Article 3.2 of the MOU the parties agree to operate the Regional Center.
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| MOU Signing Ceremony |
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Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry at The International Centre for The Pest Fruit Fly at Griffith University , Australia
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Prof. Richard Drew, Director of International Centre for The Pest Fruit Fly, Griffith University Australia showing The Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry the different species of fruit flies
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Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry , Malaysia and Minister of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Australia witnessing the signing of MoU
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Exchanging of MoU documents between Government of Malaysia and Griffith University , Australia witnessed by both Ministers
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The functions of the Regional Center shall be to:
- Coordinate regional projects and maintain regular communication with project collaborators.
- Develop regional projects in consultation with participating countries, donors and international agencies
- Prepare progress and financial reports for donors and funding agencies.
- Plan and maintain a fruit fly information website and conduct on line discussion
- Maintain and continually update a regional computer database for fruit fly researchers and field staff in the region.
- Organize and conduct regional training programs, workshops and meetings
- Develop the Regional Centre into a centre of excellence for training, diagnostics , specimens collections of fruit flies and testing of emerging technologies for management of tropical fruits
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 February 2010 01:49 |
