ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
The APTERR Secretariat led by Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager, together with Mr. Akinori Ando, Japanese Expert, and the APTERR staff, attended the ceremonial handover and actual distribution of 300-MT rice contributed by Japan under Tier 3 programme to assist people devastated by the severe impacts of El Niño and the tropical storms in Leyte, the Philippines.
Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, participated in the handover of 200-MT rice contributed by the People’s Republic of China (P.R. China) in Mandalay Region, Myanmar on 22 November 2024.
Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, and Dr. Ye Tint Tun, Director General of Department of Agriculture (DOA) under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI) of Myanmar, signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on the implementation of APTERR’s pre-positioned programme under the Republic of Korea’s 3,000-MT rice contribution for FY 2024, on 21 November 2024 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manger of the APTERR Secretariat, attended the handover of rice contributed by the Republic of Korea to assist people affected by severe floods and landslides in Bago Region, Myanmar. The disastrous calamities were a result of relentless monsoonal downpours and impacts of Super Typhoon Yagi
Following severe monsoonal rains and devastating Super Typhoon Yagi, Korea’s 246.28-MT rice contributed under Tier 3 programme was distributed to affected peoples in Taikkyi township, Yangon Region, Myanmar to alleviate hardships caused by the catastrophic natural disasters.
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