Conference planning committees; Conference delegates; Patrons of the Conference; Welcoming address by his honor the governor of Chiang Mai; The future of soybeans in Asia; The role of a AVRDC in soybean crop improvement; Soybean production and utilization: a cooperative endeavor; Breeding soybean varieties for the tropics; Some concepts of soybean improvement in the lower latitudes; Soybean varieties for southeast Asia; Variety performance in the tropics and subtropics; Seed quality and storage of soybeans; Seed-borne microorganisms and their control; Soybean inoculation; Soybean soil fertility and moisture studies; Planting date and plant spacing in soybean production; Soybean cropping systems in the tropics; Importance of weed control in tropical soybeans; Weed control in asian soybeans; Use of herbicides for weed control in tropical soybean production; Foliar diseases of soybeans; Root and stem diseases of soybeans; Nematode diseases of soybeans and their control; Virus diseases of soybeans; Insect pest diversity and succession in asian soybeans; Control of soybean insect pests in Thailand; Entomophagous insects in a soybean pest control strategy; Soybean disease and insect pest management; Small-scale equipment for oil extraction; Fermented soybean foods; Simple processing of whole soybeans for food; Nutrition and processing of soybeans; Small-scale processing of soybeans for food in Thailand; A production unit for low-cost weaning food in Ethiopia; Viable alternatives for processing soybeans in a variety of situations; Developing soybean markets in India: economic aspects; Soybean rust; Summary of available knowledge; Biology and control of major insect pests of asian soybeans; Introduction; Resistance in soybean to insect pests; Beans flies and their control; Pod borers and the seed pest complex in asian soybeans; Stink bug complex in soybeans; Minimum effective rates on insecticides in the control of soybean insects; Breeding tropical soybeans; Introduction; United States National soybean germ plasm collections; An integrated strategy dor daylength and temperature-sensitive screening of potentially tropic-adapted soybeans; Important considerations for the development of a soybean classification systems for the tropics; Daylength sensitivity in maturity group III soybean germ plasm; Interrelationship between soybean varieties and indigenous rhizobium strains in northeast Thailand; Soybean breeding for different cropping seasons in Thailand; Variability for resistance to seed-borne pathogens in the tropical soybean germ plasm collection; The use of radiation in soybean breeding; Comments on mutation breeding; Summary; Discussion; Small-scale soybean processing: what is needed?; Introduction; Practical problems in developing a small-scale soybean food industry in Thailand; Contributions by other panel members; Summary of group discussions; Extension of research to the village farmer; Extension workers in agricultural development; Contributions by panel members; Discussion by panelists and audience; Country reports; Current status of soybeans in Australia; Soybean research in Bangladesh; Soybeans in India; Current status of soybean research and utilization in Indonesia; Soybean production and research in Iran; Soybean production in Japan; The status of soybean production and research in Korea; Soybeans in Malaysia; Soybean production and utilization in the Philippines; Soybean research in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Cultivation and uses of soybeans in Sri Lanka; Soybean production in Thailand; Solution to soybean production problems through international cooperation.