ÿþ<html> <body bgcolor=WHITE> <blockquote> <basefont color=#ff0000> <p align="center"> <A href="http://koko.gov.my"><img border="0" src="LOGO3.gif" width="100" height="100"> <A href="CCBR3.html"><img border="0" src="banerinm5.jpg" width="90" height="100"> <font face="Arial" color=green size="-1"> <h4><Marquee>PREMIER TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE CENTER FOR COCOA BIOTECHNOLOGY</Marquee> </h4> <center> <A href="index.htm"><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">Home</FONT></A> | <A href="Profile.html"><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">Profile</FONT></A> | <A href="CCBR3.html"><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">Achievement</FONT></A> | <A href="Research.html"><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">Programmes</FONT></A> | <A href="Program.html"><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">Projects</FONT></A> | <A href="Staff.html"><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">Staffs</FONT></A> | <A href="Publication.html"><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF 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COLLABORATION</a><br> 4. <a href="#ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT" onMouseOver="window.status='ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true" class="smallBlue">ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT</a><br> 5. <a href="#HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT" onMouseOver="window.status='HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true" class="smallBlue">HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT</a><br> <P><BR> <TABLE BORDER WIDTH="90%"> <TR> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1"></a>AREAS</CENTER></FONT></A></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">STRATEGIC PLAN</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROGRAMMES</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROJECTS</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">DURATION</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1"><a name="RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"></a><a name="Agro Biotechnology">PERFORMANCE INDICATOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">IMPLEMENTOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> </tr> </FONT></A></TD> <TR><TD ROWSPAN=5><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <B>RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT<p></B> <font size=2.5><b><i> <font color="green"> Agro-Biotechnology <p> <B>OBJECTIVES:<br></B> To develop and generate new technologies and knowledge in cocoa biotechnology that will contribute to improved productivity and production efficiency </i></B><P> <TD ROWSPAN=5> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>Improve average farm yield through genetic engineering, proteomics and molecular marker assisted breeding<p> <li>Develop molecular marker technology and transgenic plants that will allowed breeders to create CPB resistant, VSD and black pod resistant, and higher yield for farmers<p> <li>Improve upon and adapt somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration procedures for clones commonly used by Malaysian farmers and breeders<p> <li>Develop specialty cocoa trees such as for high butter, high flavor, unique flavor, high anti-oxidant level<p> <li>Discover new entomopathogens against CPB<p> <li>Discover new microorganisms antagonistics to <i>Oncobasidium theobromae</i> and <i>Phytopththora palmivora</i><br> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Genomics, Proteomics<br> </ul ul><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Identification of AFLP, SSR and SNP molecular markers for yield, thick sclerotic layer, smooth, hard & shiny pods surfaces, high flavour, high phenolic compound, high butter (triacylglycerol), high proline (drought resistant)<br> <li>Using proteomics to identify trees with CPB resistant characteristics (thick sclerotic layer, smooth, hard & shiny pods surfaces) <br> <li>Characterizing and exploiting genetic diversity<br> <li>Genetic mapping and quantitative trait loci analysis for resistant to fungal diseases and insect pests, yield and flavor<br> <p></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2002-2015 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>Complete fingerprint of cocoa germplasm<br> <li>Construction of a genetic linkage map containing thousands molecular markers and QTLs for VSD & black pod resistant and yield<br> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>3 Molecular Biology <p> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Genetic engineering<br> </ul ul><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Refinement of a genetic transformation system<br> <li>Genetic engineering of cocoa for resistance to the pod borer moth<br> <li>Genetic engineering of cocoa for fruit abscission<br> <li>Genetic engineering of cocoa for drought tolerance<br> <li>Sequencing and profiling of Vicilin-like globulin protein in Malaysian cocoa beans to improve flavour<br> <li>Genetic engineering of CPB insect for autocidal death<br> </ul ul><p></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2002-2015 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>CPB resistant cocoa clones<bR> <li>Dropping mature pod clones<br> <li>Drought tolerance cocoa clones<br> <li>Beans with intense chocolate flavor<br> <li>Autocidal death of CPB<br> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>1 Molecular Biology<p> <li>1 Genetic Transformation <p> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Micropropagation, somatic embryogenesis and regeneration<br> </ul ul><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Development of <i>invitro</i> technology - tissue culture and micropropagation techniques<br> <li>Development of a secondary somatic embryogenesis and regeneration procedures<br> </ul ul><p></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2002-2010 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Efficient somatic embryogenesis and regeneration procedure<br> <li>Availability of robust micropropagation and tissue culture techniques<br> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>2 Tissue Culturist <br> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Breeding specialty cocoa trees and develop micro-biochemical technique for analyzing cocoa embryos<br> </ul ul><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Breed separate populations of trees to produce beans that are highly enhanced in specific characteristics:-<br> lð high cocoa butter<br> lð high polyphenol (antioxidant for  health chocolate )<br> lð high cocoa flavor<br> lð low theobromine and caffeine<br> lð high favor notes (fruity, nutty, floral, etc.)<BR> <li>Develop procedure for the micro analysis of triacylglycerol, polyphenol (tannin), methylxanthines and storage protein <br> </ul ul><p></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2005-2015 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul><br> <li>Trees metabolically designed without genetic engineering to produce beans with intense chocolate flavor or high flavor notes (nutty, floral, fruity) or high cocoa butter or high antioxidants <br> <li>Accurate measurement of TAG, polyphenol, methylxanthines and storage protein from 100 mg dried cocoa embryo<p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>1 Breeder<br> <li>2 Biochemist <br> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Exploitation of naturally occurring endophytic microorganisms within cocoa trees<br> </ul ul><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Screening endophytic organisms for the activity against <i>Oncobasidium theobromae</i> and <i>Phytopththora palmivora</i><br> <li>Screening endophytic organisms for the pathogenicity to CPB<p> </ul ul><p></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2003-2010 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <br> <li>Endophytic microorganisms within cocoa trees to control insect pests and diseases<br> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>2 Microbiologist <br> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <TR> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1"></a>AREAS</CENTER></FONT></A></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">STRATEGIC PLAN</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROGRAMMES</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROJECTS</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">DURATION</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1"><a name="Food Biotechnology"></A>PERFORMANCE INDICATOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">IMPLEMENTOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> </tr> </FONT></A></TD> <tr> <TD ROWSPAN=2> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <B>RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT<p></B> <font size=2.5><b><i> <font color="green"> Food-Biotechnology<br> <font color="brown"> (Enzymology, Bioprocess Engineering, Industrial Microbiology and Molecular Biology)<br> <p> <font color="green"> <B>OBJECTIVES:<br></B> To develop and enhance the quality of cocoa products as well as to improve the health benefits of cocoa- based products<p> </i><P></B> <TD ROWSPAN=2> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Diversify and improve the quality of cocoa products (including already fermented and dried inferior beans) with new technologies<BR> <li>Ingredient improvement<br> <li>Shelf life improvement<br> <li>Develop chocolate that encourage the growth of probiotic<br> <li>Develop high antioxidant chocolate<p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Development of cocoa tree based products for food and health industries <p> </ul ><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Metabolic engineering to improve cocoa flavour and butter<br> <li>Use of enzymes and microorganisms for conversion of raw cocoa materials to produce new products<br> <li>Molecular modelling to improve the properties of cocoa butter<br> <li>Characterization of peptides formed during fermentation of cocoa bean<p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2006-2015 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>New products<p> <i> Semi finished products (cocoa butter, liquor, powder) from bean, product from other cocoa tissues perhaps jam and jelly from cocoa pod gum and finshed products (herbal chocolates, beverages, couverture, confectionary).</i> <p> <li>Cocoa with high cocoa butter and flavour<br></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>1 Food Chemist<p> <li>1 Food Engineer<p> <li>1 Enzymologist<p> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <td> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <LI>Nutraceuticals<P> 1. Creating prebiotic chocolates that encourage the growth of beneficial bacteria in the intestine<p> 2. Creating high antioxidant chocolates that are beneficial to health<p> </ul ><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Incorporating prebiotics (inulin) into chocolate<br> <li>Developing high polyphenol (high antioxidant) chocolate<br> <li>Develop superior probiotic strains to tolerate oxygen in order to develop new health based probiotics functional food products<bR> <li>Supplementing the diet from cocoa with probiotics to prevent the colonization of harmful bacteria<br> <li>Understand the potential of probiotic bacteria as a treatment technique<br> <li>Conduct fundamental studies on the immuno-modulating mechanisms of the probotic bacterial strains using molecular biology techniques, animal bioassays and human trials<p> <br> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2003-2010 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>Probiotic products<br> <li>High antioxidant chocolates<br> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>1 Food Technologist<p> <li>1 Food Microbiologist<p> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <td> <TR> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1"></a>AREAS</CENTER></FONT></A></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">STRATEGIC PLAN</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROGRAMMES</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROJECTS</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">DURATION</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1"><a name="Industrial and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology"></a>PERFORMANCE INDICATOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">IMPLEMENTOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> </tr> </FONT></A></TD> <tr><TD ROWSPAN=3> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <B>RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT<p></B> <font size=2.5><b><i> <font color="green"> Industrial and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology <p> <B>OBJECTIVES:<br></B> To develop new products by discovering novel and useful bioactive compounds from the cocoa tree and associated microbes in the cocoa environment, and to commercially exploit cocoa waste<p> </i><P></B> <td rowspan=3> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>Develop new product through discovering novel and useful bioactive compounds from cocoa tree and associated microbes in the cocoa environment<p> <li>Improving the nutritional quality of pods for animal feed and cocoa shells for heavy metal removal<p> </FONT></A></TD> <td> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Pharmaceutical Product Development<p> </ul ><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Extraction, identification and characterization novel and useful bioactive compounds, from cocoa tree and associated microbes in the cocoa environment for microbial acticity<br> <li>Develop method to efficiently purify these compounds<br> <li>Devise method to increase the level of these compounds possibly by breeding, metabolic engineering and culturing in bio-reactors<br> <li>Study the biochemical pathway leading to their synthesis<br> <li>Creation of plants which provide proteins of pharmaceutical values<P> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2003-2010 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>Screen hundreds compounds or enzymes from cocoa trees and associated microbes for antibiotics, biopesticides and human physiological activity<p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>1 Microbiologist<p> <li>1 Analytical Chemist<p> <li>1 Pharmacologist<p> <li>1 Bioreactor Designer<p> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <td> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Management of Cocoa Waste<p> </ul ><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Exploitation of cocoa waste to commercial value products<br> <li>Elimination of tannin and methylxanthin in pod husks as animal food<br> <li>Cocoa shells for heavy metal removal<p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2006-2015 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>New products<p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>2 Microbiologist<p> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <td> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Research on peptide and protein engineering to study and alter the structure and function of industrially important enzymes and other biologically active molecules<br> </ul ul><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Use of x-ray crystallography and molecular modelling to understand the catalytic mechanism, and to suggest target regions for mutagenesis in the biomolecule<br> <font color=red><li>Enzymatic assay - Chloramphenicol Acetyl Transferase (CAT), Kinase, ²-Galactosidase <br> <li>Carbohydrate assay<br> <li>Acid amino analysis<br> <li>Protein expression<p> </font color=red> </ul ul><p></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2006-2015 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul><li> Improving upon compounds or enzymes found to have anti-micobial, biopesticides and human physiological activity<p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>1 Biochemist <p> <li>2 Protein Engineer<p> <li>1 Enzymologist </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <p> </FONT></A></TD> <TR> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROGRAM</CENTER></FONT></A></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">OBJECTIVE</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">STRATEGIC PLAN</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROJECTS</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">DURATION</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1"><a name="INFRASTRUCTURE"></a>PERFORMANCE INDICATOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">IMPLEMENTOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> </tr> </FONT></A></TD> <TR><TH> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> INFRASTRUCTURE <p> </B> <TD> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul><li> Develop new research center with excellent infrastructure and facility to support biotechnology innovation and services in good working environment by 2005 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li> Ensure an effective scientific base and make strategic investments in R & D to support biotechnology innovation and services <br> </ul ul><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Land acquisition<br> <li>Establishment of new COCOABiotech center, Biotech innovation center, glasshouse<br> <li>Strategic investment in equipment<br> </ul ul><p></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2003-2005 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul><li>New modern COCOABiotech center with excellent infrastructure and facility </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul> <li>Director <p> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <TR> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROGRAM</CENTER></FONT></A></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">OBJECTIVE</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">STRATEGIC PLAN</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROJECTS</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">DURATION</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1"><a name="RESEARCH COLLABORATION"></a>PERFORMANCE INDICATOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">IMPLEMENTOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> </tr> </FONT></A></TD> <TR><TH> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> RESEARCH COLLABORATION <p> </B> <TD> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul><li>Establish and strengthen collaboration with national and international biotechnology centres and build relationships for technology development partnerships </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Develop biotechnology collaboration and stronger linkages with local and international organizations and industry <li>Facilitate and support participation in national/international projects in key areas such cocoa genome project, protein engineering & genetic enginering and through access to major equipment and infrastructures </ul ul><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Collaboration research with national and international institution </ul ul><p></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2002---> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> . </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Director <p> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <TR> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROGRAM</CENTER></FONT></A></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">OBJECTIVE</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">STRATEGIC PLAN</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROJECTS</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">DURATION</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1"><a name="ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT"></a>PERFORMANCE INDICATOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">IMPLEMENTOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> </tr> </FONT></A></TD> <TR><TH> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT <p> </B> <TD> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul><li>Ensures that potential risks from the introduction of genetically modified organisms are accurately assessed and are managed effectively </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Establish a framework and a methodology for risk management and risk assessment. <li>Identify priorities for an environmental risk management and risk assessment program. <li>Monitor and evaluate any impacts<br> </ul ul><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> . </ul ul><p></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2002---> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> . </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"><ul><Li> 2 Transgenic Screening <br> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> <TR> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROGRAM</CENTER></FONT></A></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">OBJECTIVE</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">STRATEGIC PLAN</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">PROJECTS</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">DURATION</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1"><a name="HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT"></a>PERFORMANCE INDICATOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> <TD><CENTER><font face="Arial" color=#0000FF size="-1">IMPLEMENTOR</CENTER></FONT></A></TD></TD> </tr> </FONT></A></TD> <TR> <TH> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT<p> </B> <Td> <font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul><li>Develop capacity-building programmes to enhanced management skills and high quality researchers with competently delivers effective and equitable technology and services in cocoa biotechnology by 2010 </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li> Develop, attract, motivate and retain high quality researchers, particularly in those fields that has strong capacities to commercialise research outcomes. <li> Improve management of research, intellectual property and technology. <li> Monitor emerging skills needs in the biotechnology sector and develop appropriate responses. <br> </ul ul><p> </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul> <li>Recruitment of high qualify researchers and staffs<br> <li>Promotion exercise for high quality researchers and staffs<br> <li>Formulate and implement communication strategy <li>Establish systems for recognition of contributions to improved performance <li>Develop learnership framework <li>Develop and implement continued training programmes for HRD professionals <li>Prepare guidelines on career development for lower-graded staffs <li>Prepare guidelines for prescribed competencies and skills programmes <li>Accelerate IT skills development programmes <li>Coordinate and monitor the impact of training on job performance <li>Ensure retention high quality researchers and staffs </ul ul><p></FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> 2002-2010 (first phase) </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <ul><li>Highly skilled, motivated, dedicated experts and staffs <li>Reduction in the general backlog of services <li>Reduction in the number of complaints received <li>Increase the number of experts and high quality staffs <li>Increase the number of new technologies applied and services <li>Increase the number of patents </FONT></A></TD> <TD><font face="Arial" color=black size="-1"> <li>Top Management <br> </FONT></A></TD> </tr> </table> </font> </p> </center> </b> <p align="center"><a href="mailto:rosmin@koko.gov.my"><img border="0" 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