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Loke Han

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First name: 
Loke
Last name: 
Han
Organization: 
International Cocoa Organization
Marked as expert: 
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Short biography: 
LOKE FONG HAN is the Senior Economist of the International Cocoa Organization based in London, United Kingdom. He began his career as an assistant secretary in the research and planning division of the Ministry of Primary Industries, Malaysia, before moving to the international division and to eventually head the palm oil development division. His has wide experience in research, market situation analyses of major commodities (palm oil, forestry, rubber, cocoa, pepper), country briefs, in the ministry’s publications, providing inputs for the National Agriculture Policies, the Industrial Master Plans, the annual IMF consultations, Economic Reports, the various Inter Agency Planning Groups for the Malaysian Economic Planning Unit’s five year plans. He has presented papers at national, ASEAN and international forums on issues related to commodities, and undertook negotiations in the WTO in the Committee on Agriculture, Non-agriculture products and trade policy review mechanism for Malaysia, and the Common Fund for Commodities. As Under-Secretary of the palm oil division, he extended his expertise to formulate national policies to promote the development of the palm oil industry, working closely with the various stakeholders of the industry. He was engaged in the roundtable process in the development of criteria and indicators for sustainable palm oil. He was a Member of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board and has served the Malaysian government for 26 years. As the senior economist of ICCO, he conducts research, prepares terms of reference for economic studies, documents for ICCO Council’s and the Consultative Board, including strategic action plan, work programmes, certification, sustainability, farmers’ organizations, diversification, and traceability issues. He has helped organized two roundtables on sustainable world cocoa economy, international workshop on safe use of pesticides in cocoa and harmonized legislation for food safety, certification workshops, and the World Cocoa Conference. His current focus is on the implementation of the Global Cocoa Agenda, the road map for the cocoa sector.

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