Earlier, the APTERR Secretariat  arranged a field trip for the APTERR staff to visit the Satellite Warehouse under the Disaster Emergency Logistics System for ASEAN (DELSA) located at the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Regional Office No.16 in Chainat province. The field study provided the APTERR staff with a concrete understanding on the DELSA mechanism and utilisation of the satellite warehouse during the emergency occurrence. Also, I think it would be an opportunity for the APTERR Secretariat to enhance cooperation with relevant agencies for humanitarian assistance and food security in the future, such as the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre).

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The ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) was established under the APTERR Agreement signed by the Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry of the ASEAN Plus the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and Republic of Korea (AMAF+3) on 7 October 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia. This year, 2020, marks the 9^th anniversary of the signing of the APTERR Agreement.

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