Richard Moody, Team Leader and Pratyush Ranjan Singh, Deputy Team Leader- Agribusiness Expert from the AMD project participated in the International Spice Conference (ISC – 2023) at Chennai from 19th – 22nd January 2023. The objectives of the AMD project participation were to gain the most up-to date spice market information and insights of the spice industry; to establish contacts with key Indian and global spice sector representatives; and discuss possible cooperation and raise awareness about the AMD project spice sector amongst Indian and international stakeholders. The project team visited the exhibiters and had bilateral meetings with the attendees during the conference and exhibition.
This conference was useful as information regarding the spice sector development was gathered from the presentations and meetings, contacts were established with private and NGO sector stakeholders engaged in the spice sector development.