Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve 

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On 1 September 2021, the APTERR Secretariat led by Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, General Manager, hosted the 3rd virtual meeting on the extension of Tier 1 programme between the Philippines and Japan to update on the progress of extending the Tier 1 programme together with discussing the remaining issues on the draft Amendment of Memorandum of Cooperation of Tier 1 programme.

 

During the meeting, Atty. Judy Carol L. Dansal, Administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA) of the Philippines, announced the good news that the NFA already received an approval from the NFA Council to extend the Tier 1 programme with Japan. Dr. Hideki Hagiwara, Director of Grain Trade and Operation, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan thereupon welcomed this great news and encourage the meeting to make a remarkable achievement under the Tier 1 programme.

 

Finally, and most importantly, the meeting agreed to conduct the virtual signing ceremony of the Amendment for the extension of Tier 1 programme on 1 October 2021. Prior to that, an additional meeting to wrap up all the remaining issues including the preparedness of the ceremony will be held on 24 September 2021 via videoconference.

  

 

 

 

 


 

 

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 What is APTERR?

 

The ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) is a regional cooperation established under the APTERR Agreement signed by the Ministers of the Agriculture and Forestry of the ASEAN Plus Three at the 11th Meeting of the ASEAN Minister on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (AMAF+3) on 7 October 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The APTERR was officially established itself as a permanent mechanism and also marked the official launch of the APTERR Secretariat office in Bangkok in 2013. 

 

We are keen to strengthen food security, poverty alleviation, and malnourishment eradication among its members without distorting normal trade, while the common goal of the APTERR Parties is the assurance of food security in the ASEAN+3 region. 

 

 

 

 

 

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