ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
The APTERR Secretariat official introduced the latest initiative ‘APTERR Annual Report on Food Security and Outlook’ to its members on 10 June 2021 with the aim of sharing comprehensive information on food security and other aspects of food supply and demand situations. The report will be released to the members on an annual basis.
Ms.Nattavadee Sraprathum and Mr.Pirapat Shimphalee as the representatives from the APTERR Secretariat participated in the ‘Multi-stakeholder Consultation on the Draft FAO Regional Strategy on Food Loss and Waste Reduction in Asia and the Pacific’ virtually held during 1 – 2 June 2021 by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN).
Japan’s 222-MT rice contributed through the APTERR’s Tier 3 programme was completely distributed to 7,400 households in six provinces of Cambodia namely Battambang, Banteay Meanchey, Prey Veng, Pursat, Kampong Thom and Thbong Khmum during 30 April to 5 May 2021. Those beneficiaries faced the life-threatening food insecurity due to a prolonged drought and deadly floods causing large-scale damages to widespread areas in the country.
The ceremonial handover of 78-MT rice contributed by Japan through the APTERR’s Tier 3 programme was conducted on 30 April 2021, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia under stringent measures for the Covid-19 situation. The rice assistance aims at mitigating people’s sufferings from adverse impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Cambodia, His Excellency Mr. Veng Sakhon, presided over the ceremony and also expressed his sincere gratitude to the Government of Japan as well as the APTERR for the contribution.
Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, expressed a warm welcome to Mr. Wang Liping, Minister Counsellor for Economic and Commercial Affairs, and his team namely Ms. Yu Yang, First Secretary together with Mr. Wu Fei, Attaché from the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, for paying a courtesy visit to the APTERR Secretariat office on 8 April 2021.
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