Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve 

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On 21 August 2020, the APTERR Secretariat team led by Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager, took a field study to visit the Satellite Warehouse under Disaster Emergency Logistics System for ASEAN (DELSA) in Chainat province of Thailand. The field study aimed at providing the APTERR Staff members with new knowledge and experiences which will be applicable for the operations of APTERR as well as seeking cooperation with agencies concerned in coping with food insecurity situations.

 

The APTERR Secretariat team was warmly welcomed by the officials from DELSA and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Ministry of Interior of Thailand. During the field study, the team was lectured and explained about DELSA mechanism and the utilisation of the satellite warehouse during the emergency occurrences. The team also had an opportunity to visit the satellite warehouse which the emergency relief equipment is presently stored. This visit provided a concrete understanding of leveraging on the satellite warehouse as well as storage management system.

 

DELSA is a key mechanism to provide swift assistance of relief items to ASEAN countries facing a catastrophic emergency. The mechanism was established in 2012 to develop a regional relief item stockpile together with supporting the capacity enhancement of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) and among ASEAN countries in emergency logistic operations. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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 What is APTERR?

 

The ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) is a regional cooperation established under the APTERR Agreement signed by the Ministers of the Agriculture and Forestry of the ASEAN Plus Three at the 11th Meeting of the ASEAN Minister on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (AMAF+3) on 7 October 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The APTERR was officially established itself as a permanent mechanism and also marked the official launch of the APTERR Secretariat office in Bangkok in 2013. 

 

We are keen to strengthen food security, poverty alleviation, and malnourishment eradication among its members without distorting normal trade, while the common goal of the APTERR Parties is the assurance of food security in the ASEAN+3 region. 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Disasters

 

Rice Situations