• Opening Address
  • Nobuyoshi Maeno
• Welcome Address
  • Sakue Matsumoto
• Keynote Speech
  • Keiji Kainuma

SESSSION 1 Main priorities and constraints of postharvest technology in Asia

• Priorities and constraints of postharvest technology in Vietnam
  • Le Van To
• Priorities and constraints of postharvest technology in the Philippines
  • Silvestre C. Andales and E.M.A.Gragasin
• Postharvest problems in Thailand: Priorities and constraints
  • Jingtair Siripanich
• Main posthqrvest problems and countermeasures for agricultural products in China
  • Shuang Qing Feng
• Priorities and constraints of postharvest technology in India
  • A. Ramesh

SESSION 2 Current development and future orientation of technology for grain storage and preservation in the tropics

• Alternative chemicals for methyl bromide
  • Bruce R. Champ
• Hermetic storage of grains in the tropics
  • Filipinas M. Caliboso and G.C.Sabio
• Role of biological control in grain storage in the tropics
  • Hiroshi Nakakita
• Minimizing aflatoxin production in grains in the tropics
  • Prisnar Siriacha
• Strategies to maintain grain quality in the humid tropics
  • Mulyo Sidik
• Postharvest technology in Asia: ACIAR's framework for collaborative research and development
  • Gregory I. Johnson

SESSION 3 Current situation and future orientation of technology for food industries in Asia

• Development and constraints of food industries in Thailand
  • Saipin Maneepun
• Development and constraints of food industries in the Philippines
  • Josue S. Falla
• Development and constraints of food industries in China
  • Deng Yong
• Development and constraints of food industries in Indonesia
  • M. Aman Wirakartakusumah
• Development and constraints of food industries in Taiwan
  • Tin-Yin Liu
• Development and constraints of food industries in Korea
  • Cherl-Ho Lee
• Development and constraints of food industries in Japan
  • Hideki Uehara

Summary of Sessions and General Comments

• Summary of Session 1
  • Silvestre C. Andales
• Summary of Session 2
  • Bruce R. Champ
• Summary of Session 3
  • Saipin Maneepun
• General Comment 1
  • Cherl-Ho Lee
• General Comment 2
  • Hajime Taniguchi
• General Comment 3
  • Akinori Noguchi
• General Comment 4
  • Kunio Tsubota
• Closing Remarks
  • Hajime Taniguchi
• List of Speakers