FAO and INMU Advance OCOP Product Value Addition in Asia-Pacific
Government officials and food scientists from Fiji, Indonesia, Mongolia, Samoa, and Sri Lanka gathered on Thursday for a technical training event organized by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University (INMU), FAORegionalOffice-AsiaPacific-RAP reported.
- The training focuses on nutrition profiling, analysis, and labeling for Special Agricultural Products.
- Participants hail from Fiji, Indonesia, Mongolia, Samoa, and Sri Lanka, with online attendees from other regional OCOP countries.
- The program is the third in a series co-organized with INMU as part of the One Country One Priority Product initiative.
The capacity building workshop targets technical knowledge and skills in food safety, quality assurance, and product development. These efforts support Special Agricultural Products nominated by Asia-Pacific countries participating in the FAO flagship One Country One Priority Product initiative.
The event is the third in a series of similar capacity building workshops co-organized with the FAO Regional OCOP Science and Innovation partner INMU. Participants are attending in-person hands-on training alongside online attendees from other Asia-Pacific countries in the OCOP initiative.
The Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University serves as a leading regional institution in nutrition science and technology. INMU acts as a key partner of the OCOP initiative in Asia and the Pacific through its membership in the OCOP Regional Science and Innovation Network.
The institution contributes scientific knowledge and technical expertise to mainstream nutrition in OCOP implementation. These technical contributions directly support the Better Nutrition pillar of the FAO Strategic Framework.
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