Society to host Asian-Aussie congress in Kuching
KUCHING: The Malaysian Society of Animal Production ( MSAP) will host the biennial 18th Asian Australasian Animal Production Congress 2018 (AAAP) here on Aug 1- 5 next year.
During a recent meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, MSAP vice- president Prof Dr Loh Teck Chwen said the congress is a platform for a large number of animal scientists and professionals to meet and discuss current advances in animal sciences and technology.
“A wide variety of topics in animal sciences and aquaculture will be presented such as feed and food security, livestock and climate change, animal biotechnology, animal breeding and genetics and much more. As such, the event will highly benefit students, technologists, farmers, breeders, and those directly and indirectly involved in animal production industry,” said a press statement yesterday.
Uggah said he hopes AAAP 2018 will focus on success stories from other countries to educate and increase the exposure of locals.
He cited successes in cattle integration in Indonesia and downstream activities from livestock industries.
Uggah said topics such as swiftlet farming, rural farming system, artificial intelligence technology, information technology in animal production, and precision agriculture should also be featured at AAAP 2018.
“One of the challenges for the animal production industry, especially the beef industry, is land. Land is expensive and is a limited resource in some countries. Sarawak, however, has a lot of land and should consider
A wide variety of topics in animal sciences and aquaculture will be presented such as feed and food security, livestock and climate change, animal biotechnology, animal breeding and genetics and much more. As such, the event will highly benefit students, technologists, farmers, breeders, and those directly and indirectly involved in animal production industry.
optimising existing used land for the beef industry, for example, oil palm plantations can also be used to rear cattle. Another challenge to look into is in reducing the cost of feed,” said Uggah, who is also Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development.
AAAP, a consortium of animal societies, was founded in 1980 with eight charter members representing the animal production societies of Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines and Thailand.
It organised the first AAAP Congress in 1980 in Malaysia.
Taiwan, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, India, Vietnam, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Iran, Sri Lanka and China have also joined as member countries.
The 5- day event, which will include a conference, exhibition and workshops, is expecting to attract 1,000 international, regional and local delegates.
For more information, go to www.aaap2018.com or email fifi@ placeborneo.com.
Press statement