During 24-27 August 2025, the APTERR Secretariat was invited by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) of Malaysia and the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) to attend the 45^th meeting of AFSRB held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to present the progress of APTERR operations and activities. The meeting was chaired by Datuk Badrul Hisham Bin Mohd, Deputy Secretary General of the MAFS of Malaysia.

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On Wednesday, 20 August 2025, the APTERR Secretariat was invited to attend the virtual meeting of the Special Senior Officials Meeting of the twenty-fourth meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (Special SOM-24^th AMAF Plus Three) to report the progress of the APTERR operations.

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The APTERR Secretariat and Brunei Darussalam with the support of the Asian Development Bank-Technical Assistance (ADB-TA) consultant successfully concluded a meeting on 14 August 2025 in Bandar Seri Begwan to finalise the ‘Concept Paper for the APTERR Tabletop Exercise (TTX).’ Initiated by Brunei, this initiative aims to further strengthen the APTERR mechanism, ensuring more effective and efficient food emergency response to emerging megatrends that threaten food security in the region.

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Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakerson, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, was invited by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to attend the meeting on “Global Food and Nutrition Crisis – Large Scale Food Fortification” during 28-30 July 2025 at UN WFP Headquarter, in Rome, Italy.

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Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, and Ms. Nattavadee Sraprathum, Technical Staff for Food Emergency Monitoring and Information (FEMI), recently participated in the 23^rd ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Focal Point. The event took place in Yangon, Myanmar on 17–18 June 2025 hosted by the AFSIS Secretariat in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (MOALI) of Myanmar.

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