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 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.
