On 7-8 June 2023, the 43rd Meeting of the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) hosted by Indonesia was conducted as a physical meeting in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.
Delegates of ASEAN Member States namely; Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam attended the meeting. Representatives from AFSRB Secretariat, ASEAN Secretariat, APTERR Secretariat, and AFSIS Secretariat, which were Dr. Waraporn Saelee, AFSIS Manager, and Ms. Worada Wongsud, Secretary to Japanese Expert, were also in attendance.
The purpose of the meeting is to facilitate the sharing of information, evaluation, and forecast of food security data within ASEAN and globally for the period of 2022-2023. This includes gathering statistics on the production, consumption, trade, and food reserves of primary crops such as rice, sugar, maize, and soybean among the ASEAN Member States. Especially, the AFSRB Meeting this year will discuss and endorse the ASEAN Leaders' Declaration on Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Response to Crises.
During the meeting, Dr. Waraporn presented the progress report of AFSIS in 2022-2023, including the challenges in the process of a core report of AFSIS were reported for discussion among member countries. In addition, the implementation plan for the sustainability of AFSIS in the future was also presented for further cooperation and suggestion as it would greatly contribute to the achievement of the ASEAN Leaders' Declaration on Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Response to Crises in order to strengthen food security in the region through the systematic collection, analysis, and dissemination of food security related information.
The meeting successfully ended with the endorsement of the ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration from a great collaboration of all participants. The date and venue of the 44th Meeting of AFSRB will be announced later.
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On 5–6 March 2026, the AFSIS Secretariat participated in the 14th Meeting of the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council via video conference, hosted by the Kingdom of Cambodia. The meeting brought together representatives from ASEAN Plus Three countries, the ASEAN Secretariat, the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the APTERR Secretariat, and the AFSIS Secretariat to discuss key issues related to regional food security and emergency rice reserves.
On 18 February 2026, the AFSIS Secretariat participated in the international event Google’s “Impact of AI on Global Agriculture,” organized by Google.org at Roseate House, Aerocity, New Delhi, India.
On 12-13 February 2026, the AFSIS Secretariat, in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Japan and the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Ministry of Agriculture Cooperatives (MOAC), conducted a workshop conducted a workshop The Promoting Rice Planted Area and Production Estimation Using INAHOR and Space-based Technologies in Thailand at the Meeting Room 2, Innovation Building, 3rd FL, Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE)
The In-Country Workshop on Promoting Rice Planted Area and Production Estimation Using Space-based Technologies in Lao PDR was jointly organized by AFSIS Secretariat, JAXA, MAFF Japan, and MAE Lao PDR under the AFSIS-GIS and SAFE projects. The event was held in Vientiane with hands-on training on 9 February 2026 and a workshop on 10 February 2026.
