ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
The 11th Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council, the first onsite Council Meeting after the COVID-19 pandemic, was held on 25-26 April 2023 in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (ROK). Organised by the APTERR Secretariat and hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) of the ROK, the meeting marked the achievements of APTERR, including a successful improvement of its operations to enhance regional food security through the APTERR mechanism.
Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager (GM) of the APTERR Secretariat, was invited to attend the ‘ASEAN Conference on Strengthening Food Security’ on 17 April 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia together with a number of government officials of the ASEAN Member States as well as representatives from the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) Secretariat, the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat and ASEAN’s dialogue partners.
On 9 February 2023, the APTERR Secretariat led by Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager (GM), together with Mr. Toshiki Tojo, Japanese Expert, as well as the APTERR staff had a great opportunity to attend an online meeting with ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) led by Mr. Satvinder Signh, Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) for ASEAN Economic Community, along with Dr. Pham Quang Minh, Head of Food, Agriculture and Forestry Division (FAFD) and Mr. Akhmad Ramadhan Fatah, Officer of the FAFD.
As the APTERR Secretariat is continually building cooperation with various organisations in supporting the APTERR’s activities to become more efficient and effective, on 26 October 2022, the team led by General Manager,Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, and Japanese Expert, Mr. Toshiki Tojo, had a great opportunity to discuss with the Thailand Rice Exporters Association (TREA) led by President of the TREA, Pol Lt. Charoen Laothamatas.
The APTERR team visited the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) in Bangkok on 18 October 2022 for exploring a future collaboration on disaster-related information and management.
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