ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
The APTERR Secretariat attended the 39th Meeting of the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) on 15-16 August 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Meeting was organised by the AFSRB Secretariat and hosted by the Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce of Thailand.
The Special Senior Officials Meeting of the 40th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (SSOM-40th AMAF) and the Special Senior Officials Meeting of the 18th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (SSOM-18th AMAF+3) were held on 5 - 7 August 2019 in Hue, Viet Nam.
The 7th Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council was held on 19 – 20 February 2019 in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
The Meeting was organised by the APTERR Secretariat and hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry of Malaysia. The Meeting was attended by member countries and APTERR staff members. Dr. Zunika Binti Mohamed, Deputy Secretary General (Policy) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry of Malaysia presided over this meeting.
As the current contract agreement of the General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat is set to be finished in May 2019, he has expressed his intention to extend for another term of service as demonstrated in the Rules and Procedures of the APTERR Secretariat. Thus, the final performance appraisal of the General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat was conducted on 10 January 2019 at the APTERR Secretariat office in Bangkok, Thailand.
The APTERR Secretariat had an opportunity to welcome an official visit from research fellows from Chiba University of Japan. The project led by Dr. Hiroaki Kobayashi, Professor of Graduate School of Horticulture, was funded by Japan Society for the Promotion and Science to conduct the research on “Trade creation and diversion in the AEC under the Noodle Bowl Phenomenon”.
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