ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve

From 3 to 5 June 2017, the APTERR Secretariat was invited to join the celebration of the Rice and Rice Farmers’ Day at the Rice Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand.The opening ceremony of this event was presided over by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on 3 June 2017.

On 7 April 2017, Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, the General Manager (GM) of the APTERR Secretariat, delivered a presentation on “the ASEAN Food Reserve and the Changing Regional Trade Regime: Status and Prospects” at the Regional Workshop on Food Reserve Management and Policies in Southeast Asia at the Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)

Representatives from the APTERR Secretariat visited Myanmar during 12-13 December 2016 to discuss and exchange views and experiences with the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to enhance a mutual understanding about the APTERR activities as well as update the food security and disaster- affected situations in Myanmar.

The APTERR field trip on rice cultivation and logistic system in Thailand was held for all staff members to learn and gain experiences for improving APTERR operations by visiting the Rice Seed Centre and the Laemchabang Port in Chonburi province as well as the Kung Krabaen Bay Royal Development Study Centre and the Wangkaset Garden in Chanthaburi province from 28 to 30 November 2016.

The handover ceremony and actual distribution of 60 –MT rice were conducted on 29 October 2016 in Tbong Khmom and Prey Veng provinces in Cambodia. There were representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Cambodia led by Minister H.E. Veng Sakhon together with APTERR Council from Cambodia and Deputy Director General of the General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA), MAFF Dr. Chan Phaloeun, local officers as well as the APTERR Secretariat led by General Manager Chanpithya Shimphalee participating in the significant event.
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