Potato Farmers and Agricultural Officers Attend Workshop in Bandung, Indonesia
June 5, 2013| |
A Workshop on The Role of Biotechnology in Potato Breeding and its Regulations in Indonesia for farmers and government officials was conducted in Bandung on May 7-8, 2013. Mr. Kusmana of Indonesian Vegetables Research Institute shared information on potato variety improvement through conventional breeding, and Dr. M. Herman and Dr. Dinar Ambarwati of ICABIOGRAD discussed biotechnology products and its regulations in Indonesia, and biotechnology applications in potato trait improvement, respectively.
The participants expressed their enthusiasm toward the application of biotech crops especially in Indonesia. Farmer participants fully supported the idea that biotechnology can be a tool to help them improve potato yield and increase their income. The event was closed by a visit to field trials for biotech potato at a farmer field in Pangalengan. It showed participants the difference in growth between biotech and conventional crops. The workshop brought together 35 farmers and agricultural officials from West Java through the support of the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP II) in collaboration with IndoBIC and ICABIOGRAD, ISAAA, and SEAMEO BIOTROP.
For details of the workshop contact Dewi Suryani of IndoBIC at catleyavanda@gmail.com.
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