ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager (GM) of APTERR Secretariat was invited by the International Institute for Trade and Development (ITD) of Thailand to be a keynote speaker in addressing a topic of ‘Thailand’s food security in comparison to the ASEAN countries at the conference on ‘Food Security in the Context of Thai Trade’ on 18 December 2023 at Pullman Bangkok Grande Sukhumvit Hotel.
General Manager Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn led a team of APTERR Secretariat to pay a courtesy call on the Philippines’ new Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary H.E. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on 16 November 2023 in occasion of attending the ceremonial handover and distribution of 20-MT rice for Japan’s new initiative ‘School Distribution Programme’ under Tier 3 to promote food security in school students in the Philippines.
On 9 November 2023, Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of APTERR Secretariat and Mr. Akinori Ando, Japanese Expert, along with APTERR staff participated in the Inception Workshop “Regenerative Agriculture in ASEAN: Promoting Nature-Positive Solutions for Rice Production (REGA-ASEAN)” at the Asian Institute of Technology Conference Centre, Thailand.
This year 2023 marks the 20th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) which was held during 16 – 19 September 2023 at Nanning International Convention & Exhibition Center, Nanning, Guangxi, the People’s Republic of China (P.R. China). The event was participated by both governmental and private organisations from various sectors from each ASEAN countries and P.R. China, including agricultural and food industry. The APTERR Secretariat team, led by Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, attended the event and met with many exhibition booths of company related in food industry, focusing on the prepared-food products in order to expand the views on pre-cooked rice for future feasible initiative and project.
On 16 September, in the morning, the delegates from APTERR Secretariat attended the field trip in Nanning, Guangxi, the People’s Republic of China (P.R. China). The excursion was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of P.R. China and the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region as part of the 7th ASEAN-China Agricultural Cooperation Forum’s programme.
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