Reaching Out to Thai Papaya Producers


During the week of July 16, FAS/Bangkok, in cooperation with the State Department and the Biotechnology Alliance Association conducted a series of seminars titled, “Crisis and Solution: The Problem of Papaya Ring Spot Virus in Papaya Exporting and Productions” throughout Thailand.  More than 200 participants attended the three seminars, including private and commercial papaya producers, media reporters, consumers, papaya processors, and academics.  As part of the seminars, FAS/Bangkok invited a Hawaiian biotech papaya producer, Ken Kamiya, to speak directly to Thai producers about the risks of not adopting biotech papaya when faced with PRSV.
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