Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
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APTERR Secretariat
2nd Floor, Office of Agricultural Economics Bldg., Kasetsart University Complex, Phahonyothin Road, Ladyao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 Thailand
On 5 August 2020, the APTERR Secretariat attended the Special Senior Officials Meeting of the 19th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (Special SOM-19th AMAF+3) via the video conference.
On 23 July 2020, the representatives from the APTERR Secretariat participated in the 40th Meeting of the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) via video conference at the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand. The Meeting was organised by the AFSRB Secretariat and hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam.
On 8 July 2020, the APTERR Secretariat led by Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager, attended online meeting with Ms. Fang Bing, the Counsellor, Ms. Mei Fang, Director for Functional Cooperation, and Mr. Wang Dongliang, the official of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to ASEAN to discuss on the APTERR mechanism. The meeting’s objectives were to improve understandings about APTERR and to collect information for possibly adopting as one of role models of the ASEAN Regional Reserve of Medical Supplies and Equipment (RRMSE).
Emergency rice reserve donated from the Republic of Korea (ROK) through the APTERR’s Tier 3 programme has been distributed to more than hundred thousand of beneficiaries in various disaster-affected regions in the Philippines.
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.
The APTERR Secretariat attended the 18th ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Focal Point Meeting via the videoconference on 9 June 2020. Ms. Nattavadee Sraprathum, Staff for Implementation as the representative from the APTERR Secretariat took this opportunity to promote the APTERR’s activities and its informative products related to the AFSIS works, especially the Food Emergency Monitoring and Information (FEMI).
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.
The 8th Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council was successfully conducted on 17-19 February 2020 in Bagan, Myanmar. The Meeting was organised by the APTERR Secretariat and hosted by the Department of Agriculture (DOA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI) of Myanmar.
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.
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