ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
On 21 November 2017, Dr. Chan Tha, Minister for Social Affairs of the Rakhine State’s government, Mr. Aye Ko Ko, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Agriculture (DOA) of Myanmar, Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat and APTERR team, comprising Mr. Yoshiharu Toeda, Japanese Expert, Ms. Jansinee Kannaew, Technical Staff for Implementation, and Ms. Voraporn Muenanan, Secretary to Japanese Expert, attended the handover ceremony of 267-MT rice contributed by the Republic of Korea to help people affected by the emergency in the Rakhine State. This rice is a part of Korea’s 500-MT rice contribution through the APTERR Tier 3 programme.
The APTERR Secretariat has realised on an essential of human resources development as it is one of fundamentals to help us accomplish the goals of strengthening food security in the region.
Mr.Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, together with Ms.Jansinee Kankaew and Ms.Nattavadee Sraprathum, APTERR staff, visited three warehouses in Takeo, Kampong Cham and Battambang provinces, Cambodia during 12 – 13 September 2017
General Manager Chanpithya Shimphale together with Japanese expert Yoshiharu Toeda and the APTERR staff visited the Philippines for carrying out a rice inspection under Tier 3 programme for Japan’s FY 2015 contribution and having a fruitful discussion with the National Food Authority (NFA) led by Deputy Administrator for Finance and Administration Atty. Judy Carol L. Dansal concerning Tier 1 and Tier 3 programme implementation.
Tier 3 rice inspection was held on 26 July 2017 for checking Tier 3 rice and warehouse conditions for keeping quantity and good quality of stored rice in Vientiane, Lao PDR in preparation for emergency situations. There are 225 MT of Tier 3 rice from Japan’s contribution. In advance of inspection, the APTERR Secretariat had a meeting with participants of the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry of Lao PDR.
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