Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve 

  On 7 April 2023, Dr. Choomjet Karjanakesorn, General Manager of APTERR, and Mr. Akinori Ando, Japanese Expert (replacement of Mr. Toshiki Tojo) paid a courtesy call on Mr. Chantanon Wannakejohn, Secretary-General of the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and the APTERR Council member.

 

Mr. Akinori Ando will serve as the Japanese Expert of the APTERR Secretariat for two years-terms, starting from April 2023 to March 2025. 

 

 

During the meeting, Mr. Chantanon Wannakejohn affirmed OAE will continue supporting the APTERR activities on humanitarian reliefs caused by natural disasters, climate change, geopolitical conflicts and also further cooperation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on food security.

 

 

Photo credit: Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE)

 

 

 

 

 

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