ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, together with Mr. Akinori Ando, Japanese Expert, and the APTERR staff attended the trilateral discussion with the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the role of Thailand in APTERR held on 20 February 2024 at the Secretariat office.
On 21 February 2024, the APTERR Secretariat had a great opportunity to welcome and have a meeting with the representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan led by Mr. Norikazu Suzuki, the State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, at the APTERR Secretariat. The meeting focused on the APTERR activities, especially Tier 1 and Tier 3 programmes. Both sides discussed and exchanged views on the APTERR activities with the fruitful and positive outcomes
The APTERR Secretariat led by General Manager Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn warmly welcomed Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s consultant team, Ms. Lourdes Adriano and Dr. Roehlano Briones together with ADB’s senior natural resource and agriculture specialist Mr. Shingo Kimura to the Secretariat office on 19 February 2024 in order to discuss on the ATPERR’s operation and activities.
The 21st East Asia Forum was successfully held in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, the People’s Republic of China (P.R. China) on 29 October 2023. The forum was hosted by Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, P.R. China and was participated by distinguished delegates from the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) countries, Timor-Leste and related organisations: ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Secretariat.
The APTERR Secretariat attended a webinar held by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for addressing the imperative of enhancing food security in Southeast Asia on 20 October 2023 titled “Strengthening Food Security in Southeast Asia: Regional Cooperation, Market Development and Policy Reforms”.
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