Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
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On 19 January 2021, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee and the APTERR staff participated in the virtual meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan represented by Director-General of Crop Production Bureau Mr. Takashi Amo together with Director of Grain Trade and Operation Division Mr. Hideki Hagiwara and his team.
On 13 January 2021, the APTERR Secretariat organised the Workshop on Rice Demand and Supply Forecasting and invited the honorable keynote speaker, Dr. Apichart Pongsrihadulchai, the former Vice Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives and the former Chief Advisor to Director-General of Rice Department, to give a discussion and lecturing on forecasting rice situation, especially rice demand and supply.
The ceremonial turnover of 1,000 MT rice contributed by the Republic of Korea (ROK) was held on 18 December 2020 marking a significant step in an effort to mitigate the impact on food security caused by the world’s most violent typhoon in 2020, Typhoon Goni. The rice will be distributed to affected families in the Island Province of Catanduanes, one of the most devastated provinces wrecked by the typhoon. The ceremony was hosted by the National Food Authority (NFA) under a supervision of Administrator Atty. Judy Carol L. Dansal at the NFA-Batangas in Batangas City, the Philippines.
The surging number of COVID-19 infections in Myanmar has caused a concern on food insecurity in the country. The APTERR, therefore, has released 600 MT of rice contributed by the Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK) through the prepositioned stockpiled rice system under Tier 3, for providing immediate rice assistance to those affected by impacts of COVID-19; mostly quarantined people and patient under investigation (PUI), in 10 states and regions in Myanmar.
Being able to promote environmental sustainability at the same time with providing rice assistance to disaster-affected people is considered as enormous benefits for both member countries and the APTERR activities. The APTERR Secretariat, therefore, enthusiastically supports the Republic of Korea (ROK)’s Upcycled Project’ implemented in Myanmar.
On 27 October 2020, the APTERR Secretariate led by Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager, attended the online farewell meeting for Mr. Aye Ko Ko, Deputy Director General of the Department of Agriculture (DOA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation and the APTERR Council member from Myanmar, who will be retired in November 2020.
On 26 October 2020, the ceremonial turnover of Japan’s 450-MT contribution to mitigate people’s suffering from the Taal volcano eruption was organised by the National Food Authority (NFA) under the supervision of Administrator Atty. Judy Carol L. Dansal at NFA-Batangas Field Office in Batangas City, the Philippines.
A total of 1,350 MT of APTERR’s stockpile emergency rice reserves under the generous contributions from Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have been released through the Tier 3 programme to relieve the sufferings of 122,920 people, especially the vulnerable groups, due to severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar.
On 5 October 2020, the APTERR Secretariat led by Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager, had a courtesy visit to Mr. Chantanon Wannakejohn to express heartfelt congratulations on his new appointment as Secretary General of the Office of Agricultural and Economics (OAE). Mr. Chantanon also serves as the APTERR Council member of Thailand.
This day, 7 October 2020, marks a day of remembrance of APTERR mechanism as we celebrate our 9th anniversary of APTERR establishment to be a permanent mechanism for strengthening food security, poverty alleviation, and malnourishment eradication, along with overall improving quality of people’s lives throughout the ASEAN Plus Three Region.
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