ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat together with Mr. Aro Kasakawa, Japanese Expert, and Ms. Nattavadee Sraprathum, Technical Staff for Food Emergency Monitoring and Information (FEMI), participated in the ‘Regional Workshop on Enhancing Disaster Data Reporting and Integrating New Commodity Data under the Project for Strengthening ASEAN Food Security Information System Function for Emergency (SAFER)’, organised by the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat on 21-22 May 2025 in Chonburi province, Thailand.
Dr. Kanchana Wanichkorn, and Dr. Pham Quang Minh of ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) has visited the APTERR Secretariat and participated in the discussion with the Department of Land Development (DLD) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives on 29 April 2025, represented by Mr. Pittayakorn Limthong, Soil Export and Mrs. Kreeyaporn Devahastin, Director of International Affairs of DLD and Coordinator of Department of Administration and Collaboration, Center of Excellence for Soil Research in Asia (CESRA).
The 2-day Working Meeting on Strengthening the APTERR Mechanism concluded successfully on 29 April 2025 and resulted in fruitful and productive outcomes for enhancing the APTERR mechanism’s effectiveness in emergency response.
To enhance food security, representatives from the APTERR Secretariat and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan, met with the United Nations World Food Programmes (WFP) Lao PDR on 11 March 2025 in Vientiane, Lao PDR to exchange insights and expand knowledges and understanding on WFP’s experience in implementing rice fortification as a strategy to alleviate malnutrition in the country.
Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, led a team of representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan and the APTERR Secretariat to visit the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of Lao PDR on 11 March 2025 in Vientiane. The visit aimed to enhance understanding of Tier 1 and explore a potential Tier 1 cooperation between Lao PDR and Japan to strengthen food security in the country.
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