Asian Agribiz has adopted the concept of virtual conferencing to create a learning experience that delivers practical, farm-level, solutions to producers in Southeast and South Asia without the need to travel and with the luxury of being able to watch presentations more than once!

‘Living with African Swine Fever’ was the first such event organized by Asian Agribiz. Held over four Thursday in February and March, this virtual conference attracted over 200 participants. Read some of their comments:

"It was an excellent conference. I liked that the half-day learning events were spaced over several weeks. The topics gave depth and breadth to cover this important subject. The speakers gave a hopeful path that we all need to be in for the long haul. We are now echoing the conference learnings in our organization and in the different circles that our people are connected with" – Glen Eric Ibañez, Division Vice President at Unahco, Philippines

"It gave us a better and broader perspective of the ASF situation worldwide, and an understanding of what needs to be done locally. I look forward to more events like this and hope these could reach more industry stakeholders, especially farm owners who must be educated about this" – Jan Adam Anoso, Key Accounts Manager, Industrial Sales - Hogs Division, CJ Philippines

"There was easy access to the presentations, with good updates on the ASF epidemic characteristics from infected countries to analyze and compare with previous publications" – Do Tien Duy, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

"The seminar provided diverse perspectives such as virus characteristics, disease spread, effective disease prevention at farms, the market consequences after ASF outbreaks, and future technology such as vaccines. The presentations were concise. There were many parts from which we can adapt and expand on for disease prevention in our country" – Suriya Sooksong, Feed Technology Office, CP Foods, Thailand

"The topics were interesting, particularly Dr Khampee’s presentation, which is applicable and based on data" – Siti Fatimah, Technical Manager, Kemin, Indonesia

"The conference was very good, sharing ASF cases that occurred in several countries. Interesting topics, especially about biosecurity. This can be a reference to be conveyed to the farmer" – Ponco Cahyo Adi, Sales Manager Swine, CJ Indonesia

"A very timely and informative conference with practical and useful information on biosecurity and the disease. I hope the message will reach individual farmers as much as top management in companies" – Wasu Kasimani, GM, Chau Yang Farm, Malaysia