On 31 July 2024, The AFSIS Secretariat participated in a significant meeting with the International Institute for Trade and Development (ITD), the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Secretariat, a professor from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), United Kingdom, and experts from various fields. The purpose of the meeting was to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among international experts, aiming to develop strategies aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and conduct a comprehensive global environmental strategic scan to analyze and assess emerging trends, risks, and opportunities relevant to sustainable development.
On the occasion, Mr. Suphakit Chareonkul, Executive Director of, the International Institute for Trade and Development gave the opening remark and warm welcome to all attendees and introduced the background of the project and the objectives of the project by Assistant Professor Dr. Awanwee Petchkongkaew, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the International Joint Research Center on Food Security (IJC-FOODSEC)
During discussions on the Global and Regional Trade and Food Industry secession about the possible futures or key driving factors that may affect people in the future and emerging trends are relevant to the food industry. Dr. Sumanya Ngandee, AFSIS Manager, participated in the discussion on this topic and gave information on the AFSIS objectives and operations, emphasizing the ACO EWI RGO Core Report published on our website, which garnered significant interest among participants.
On 29 July 2026, the APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security (PPFS) successfully convened the APEC PPFS Webinar on Strategic Cooperation for Strengthening Food System Resilience via a virtual platform. The webinar was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) of the Republic of Korea as a self-funded PPFS project to promote strategic cooperation and knowledge exchange on strengthening food system resilience across APEC member economies.
The AFSIS Secretariat participated in the 10th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS X), held from 8 to 10 July 2026 at the ICE Krakow Congress Centre in Krakow, Poland. Jointly organized by Statistics Poland, Eurostat, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the World Bank Group, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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On 24–25 June 2026, AFSIS Secretariat participated in the 46th Meeting of the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) via a virtual conference. The Meeting was jointly organized by the AFSRB Secretariat and the Department of Agriculture (DOA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and was hosted in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
On 17–18 June 2026, the 24th AFSIS Focal Point Meeting was successfully convened via video conference, hosted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in collaboration with the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat.
