CropLife Asia to hold regional workshop in Sri Lanka

Promoting safe and responsible use of pesticides:

The annual stewardship workshop of CropLife Asia will be held in Sri Lanka from September 28 to 30 at Dambulla Kandalama Hotel. CropLife Sri Lanka Safe Use Sub Committee Chairman and Zagro Singapore Pte Ltd Business Manager Rohitha Nanayakkara said CropLife Sri Lanka is hosting this event after one and a half decades. "We held the same event in Sri Lanka in the mid-nineties and we did not get a chance to host the event upto now.

"The prevailing peaceful situation has given us the opportunity again," Nanayakkara said. Representatives from CropLife Global - Brussels, CropLife Asia - Singapore and country representatives from China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Australia will participate in this forum. The participants will exchange ideas on safe and responsible use of pesticides with their country experiences and plan new projects for 2011.

Sri Lanka's Pesticides Registrar will deliver a special lecture on September 29 at the workshop.

CropLife represents the plant science industry. CropLife Asia promotes the benefits and responsible use of crop protection and plant biotechnology products, as well as sound regulatory frameworks to support sustainable agricultural development in the Asia-Pacific region.

CropLife Asia is a regional unit of CropLife International - a global federation of the plant science industry in over 90 countries. CropLife Asia consists of seven member companies and 15 member associations in the Asia - Pacific region. CropLife Sri Lanka is a full member of CropLife Asia.