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Discover the latest updates and future plans of APRTC, including their participation in international meetings, partnerships with agricultural universities, online course offerings, faculty recruitment, and more. Explore their diverse participant base from 22 countries and their efforts to attract financial resources and registrations. Find out their plans for reconfiguring the board, attracting partners, collaborating with IT for Agriculture in Thailand, and writing funding proposals.
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Highlights • Participation in WSSD Prepcom meeting & WSSD. • MOU signed with several agricultural universities (TNAU, GBPUAT, UAS) • Initial agreement with IFDC to develop and jointly offer course on “Integrated Nutrient Management” • Developed and offered several online courses • Several new faculty recruited and trained. • Courses advertised in several listservs (IPMNETNews, IFPRI) • Developed open-source LCMS
Participants Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, China, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, USA,Vietnam, Zimbabwe (22 countries)
Activities • Diversifying financial resource base • APRTC Board reconfiguration • Attracting registration • Attracting partners (IPMistLab, CAU) • LCMS Switch • Collaborating with IT for Agriculture in Thailand • Writing proposals for funding