Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve 

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General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee together with APTERR team comprising Japanese expert Mr. Yoshiharu Toeda and Head of Implementation Sub-Division Ms.Jansinee Kankaew, attended the ceremonial turn-over and actual distribution of 225 MT rice organised by the National Food Authority (NFA) of the Philippines on 12 January 2018 at the Mahad Markazie Evacuation centre, Baloi, Lanao del Norte, Mindanao.

 

NFA Administrator Lt. Col. Jason L.Y. Aquino, Minister for Economic Affairs of Japanese Embassy in the Philippines Mr. Makoto Iyori, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Ms. Luzviminda C. Ilagan as well as other representatives from local offices also participated in this significant event.

 

The rice was contributed by the Government of Japan through APTERR to help people affected by conflict in Marawi. The NFA in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will allocate the donated rice to 7,485 households in 13 cities/municipalities. Some of beneficiaries are still living in the evaluation centres while some have already returned to their home.  At the ceremonial turn over. There were 125 rice bags allocated to the beneficiaries during the ceremonial turn-over program

 

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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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