On 19-20 February 2025, the AFSIS Secretariat attended the 13th Meeting of the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council held in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting brought together key stakeholders from the APTERR Council, ASEAN Plus Three countries, ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the APTERR Secretariat, and the AFSIS Secretariat to discuss crucial topics related to food security and rice reserves.
The objectives of the meeting were to report the implementation of APTERR activities in 2023-2024, discuss and propose the work plan and budget proposal for the fiscal year 2025, and terminal report of the financial contribution to the APTERR Fund. Also, the Meeting was updated on the implementation under the Rice Discharge Mechanism, the Implementation of Tier 1 programme between the Philippines and Japan, which is now in its third phase (2024-2027), to strengthen food security amid the unforeseen calamities and Implementation of Tier 3 programme to ensure timely rice assistance during emergencies for immediate responses to the future disasters and also the Food Emergency Monitoring and Information (FEMI) that is the decision-support tool for a release of emergency rice reserves by monitoring and assessing food security situation in ASEAN Plus Three (APT) countries.
On this occasion, Mr.Charapon Chantorn, Deputy AFSIS Manager, had an opportunity to present the AFSIS Implementation in 2024, a future work plan in 2025, and works related to APTERR. AFSIS provides data on the demand and supply of rice for annual reports and the analysis of monitoring and evaluating food emergencies FEMI. This emphasizes the importance of AFSIS in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating ASEAN food security information.
Furthermore, this meeting provided all participants with the great opportunity to visit Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai and Sona Area Tokyo for the Disaster Prevention Experience Learning Facility
The successful exchange of ideas and cooperation during the meeting underscored the importance of regional collaboration in strengthening food security and ensuring a prompt and coordinated response to emergencies in the ASEAN Plus Three region.
On 17–18 June 2025, the 23rd AFSIS Focal Point Meeting was successfully convened in Yangon, Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (MOALI) of Myanmar hosted the meeting in collaboration with the AFSIS Secretariat.
On 4-5 June 2025, The ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC), and the Centre for Agricultural Data and Information System (CADIS), Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia, successfully held a workshop titled "Promote Rice Planted Area and Production Estimation Using Space-Based Technologies in Indonesia" at Ra Premiere Simatupang Hotel, Jakarta.
On 21–22 May 2025, the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat, with support from Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), convened The Regional Workshop on Emergency Information Sharing and Additional Commodity under the SAFER Project (Strengthening ASEAN Food Security Information System Function for Emergency). The workshop was held at the Pattaya Discovery Beach Hotel in Chonburi, Thailand.
On 19 May 2025, AFSIS Secretariat attended the online Kick-off Meeting on ASEAN+3 Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Phase 3 Cooperation Project (Cambodia) – PMC Service The meeting was conducted in collaboration with the Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Cambodia, and EGIS Korea Co., Ltd., as part of the ongoing establishment of Real-Time ASEAN Food Security Information System and Human Resource Development Project – 3rd Phase. This strategic cooperation is part of the pilot project focused on enhancing crop forecasting systems to strengthen food security in Cambodia, forming a critical component of the broader regional initiative.
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