Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve 

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The virtual 10th Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council ended with a great success on 25 March 2022 organised by the APTERR Secretariat, and hosted by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), Singapore. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Kevin KHNG, Senior Director of International Relations Divisions, SFA and Mr. Taira Matsumoto, Director General of Crop Production Policy Department, Crop Production Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan.

Several achievements of the APTERR were reported and approved in the meeting, especially the extension of financial contribution for the 3rd phase (2023-2027) to bolster regional food security through the APTERR mechanism. Furthermore, the APTERR Council expressed their appreciation to the current General Manager (GM) of the APTERR Secretariat, Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, for his hard work and dedication during six years of service in driving the APTERR Secretariat forward with strength and dignity, and also welcomed Mr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn as a new GM who would take his position in May 2022.   

Beside the 13-APTERR member countries, representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat, the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) Secretariat, and the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat also attended this significant event.

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 Photo credit: APTERR Secretariat,

Singapore Food Agency 

 


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 What is APTERR?

 

The ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) is a regional cooperation established under the APTERR Agreement signed by the Ministers of the Agriculture and Forestry of the ASEAN Plus Three at the 11th Meeting of the ASEAN Minister on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (AMAF+3) on 7 October 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The APTERR was officially established itself as a permanent mechanism and also marked the official launch of the APTERR Secretariat office in Bangkok in 2013. 

 

We are keen to strengthen food security, poverty alleviation, and malnourishment eradication among its members without distorting normal trade, while the common goal of the APTERR Parties is the assurance of food security in the ASEAN+3 region. 

 

 

 

 

 

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