On the occasion of New Year 2026, the APTERR Secretariat has visited several high-level governmental officers of the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) of Thailand to have a small greeting and meeting on the APTERR activities for this year as the OAE is also APTERR Council member from Thailand and has been providing office space and facilities for the APTERR Secretariat as an in-kind contribution to APTERR organisation.

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Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, the General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, together with Mr. Aro Kasakawa, the Japanese Expert, extended a warm welcome to Mr. Fukami Shusuke, the Director-General, Yukinobu Miyakoda, the Director, and Mr. HOSAKA Masahiro, the Deputy Director from the Statistics Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Japan, at the APTERR Secretariat on 13 January 2026.

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On 28 November 2025, the APTERR Secretariat had a great opportunity to welcome the representatives led by Dr. Klairoong Poonpon, Expert on Conservation of Forest and Wildlife Resources from Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand, to have a meeting at the APTERR Secretariat office.

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Mr. Aro Kasakawa, Japanese Expert of the APTERR Secretariat, was accompanied by the APTERR staff to attend the Japanese Food Ingredients Awareness and Education Project organised by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Bangkok on 8 October 2025 at the Food School Bangkok to deepen an understanding of Japanese rice varieties, particularly the pre-cooked rice, which has been implemented under Tier 3 programme.

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