ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
On 15 September 2022, the APTERR Secretariat, led by Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager, together with Mr. Toshiki Tojo, Japanese Expert, as well as the APTERR staff visited the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) in Bangkok, Thailand. The purposes of the visit were to gain knowledges on IT technology regarding rice cultivation areas, natural disasters comprising floods and drought situation, weather forecast, climate change situation, and future cooperation between the APTERR and the GISTDA.
The APTERR Secretariat led by Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, was invited by the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) led by Dr. Cherdsak Virapat, Director General of CIRDAP to attend the 37th Technical Committee Meeting (TC-37) co-hosted by the CIRDAP and the Bureau of Foreign Agricultural Affair (BOFAA), National FAO Committee, Ministry of Agricultural and Cooperatives of Thailand during 9 – 12 September 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The APTERR Secretariat, on 24 August 2022, attended the Special Senior Officials Meeting of the 21st Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (SSOM-21st AMAF+3) chaired by Indonesia. Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, reported the progress on the APTERR programmes and activities during 2021-2022 to the meeting.
The representatives from the APTERR Secretariat including Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager; Mr. Toshiki Tojo, Japanese Expert; and the APTERR staff, on 16 August 2022, visited the National Food Agency (NFA) of Indonesia to attend the meeting on enhancing the APTERR’s activities after ten years of service. The aims of the meeting were to strengthen the APTERR mechanism and have mutual understanding among relevant parties on the next step of the APTERR’s activities
On 10 August 2022, Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, led Mr. Toshiki Tojo, Japanese Expert, along with the APTERR staff to visit the Department of Groundwater Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand for building cooperation and collaboration relating to the line of APTERR’s works.
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