ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
On 21 February 2023, the APTERR Secretariat representatives led by Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager, accompanied by Mr. Toshiki Tojo, Japanese Expert, and APTERR staff attended the Birthday Celebration of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan hosted by the Embassy of Japan in Thailand. The celebration was held at Plenary Hall, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC). In this special occasion, Dr. Karnjanakesorn expressed his gratitude and rejoicing to be invited to attend the celebration to H.E. Mr. NASHIDA Kazuya, the ambassador of Japan to Thailand.
It was a great opportunity for the APTERR Secretariat to be invited to attend the virtual workshop on Food Security: Sharing Evidence and Policy Experiences organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 2 February 2023 to foster a policy dialogue on food security between the ASEAN and OECD member countries and secretariats.
On 13 January 2023, Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat and the APTERR staff had a great opportunity to pay a courtesy call on H.E. Dr. Jaranthada Karnasuta, the current Privy Councillor and the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (2007-2009).
The APTERR Secretariat welcomed the representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation (aT) of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to the Secretariat office on 9 December 2022 for discussing a further improvement of APTERR’s activities in strengthening food security in the region.
On 21 September 2022, Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of APTERR Secretariat together with Mr. Toshiki Tojo, Japanese Expert, warmly welcomed the representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan, namely Mr. Kimura Keitaro, Director of the Statistics Planning Division, the Statistic Department and Mr. Hosaka Masahiro, Deputy Director as well as the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat, comprising of Dr. Woraporn Saelee, Manager, Dr. Sumanya Ngandee, Deputy Manager, Mr. NIIMI Tomohiro, Japanese Expert along with the AFSIS staff to the APTERR Secretariat office for exchanging views on the food security information.
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