ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
With reference to the Statement of the Special ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) held on 14 April 2020, the APT leaders strongly recommended a utilisation of APTERR to ensure food security in the region during an emergency caused by the catastrophic outbreak.
Representatives from the APTERR Secretariat together with the Japanese Embassy in Myanmar as well as the Department of Agriculture (DOA) of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation of Myanmar attended the ceremonial handover of 300 MT of rice contributed by Japan through APTERR’s Tier 3 programme to Myanmar. This event was hosted by the Rakhine State at the State Government Office on 11 March 2020 and presided by the Chief Minister U Nyi Pu.
On 18 December 2019, Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager together with Mr. Kenji Okuhira, Japanese Expert and the APTERR staff attended the seminar on ‘Thailand’s Agricultural Economic Situation in 2019 and Outlook in 2020,’ under the theme of “Disruptive Agricultural Technology: National Agricultural Big Data” held at Rama Gardens Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
On 28 November 2019, the APTERR Secretariat led by Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager, was invited to participate a joint meeting on “Big Data Development” between the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), as well as the delegation from Talaad Thai, the largest wholesale market for agri-food in the ASEAN region.
On 25 November 2019, Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, was invited by the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand, to attend the meeting on “the strategy on agricultural development and food security policy” with a group of distinguished representatives from the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security of Indonesia.
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