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On 6 July 2021, AFSIS Secretariat and Center for Agricultural Statistics (CAS), Department of Planning and Finance (DoPF), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Lao PDR had conducted the virtual Inception Workshop on Project for Supporting Agricultural Survey on Promoting Sustainable Agriculture (SAS-PSA) in Lao PDR.
The main purposes of this Inception Workshop are to inform the objective and the future work plan of the SAS-PSA project, discuss the on-going implementations of the SAS-PSA in Lao PDR, and to get suggestions from all the stakeholders in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Lao PDR.
The session was opened by the warm welcome speech of Ms. Vivanh Souvannamethy, Director of CAS, and followed by the notable opening remarks by Dr. Waraporn Saelee, AFSIS Manager.
During the meeting, the delegates were informed with the background of the SAS-PSA Project, along with the brief Methodogy of SDG Indicator 2.4.1. by Mr. NIIMI Tomohiro, the Japanese Expert.
Afterward, activities and work plan of the SAS-PSA Project in Lao PDR were presented by Mr. Sengphachan Khounthikoummane, National Consultant of CAS. The Meeting was informed that 1) The SAS-PSA Project in Lao PDR will be starting from 1 May 2021 to 31 March 2022 2) Household samples are 220 households from 10 districts in Khammuane province 3) The manual and questionnaires have now been updated in Lao language 4) The CAPI, the survey solution programme, will be used for interview farmers.
Lastly, Ms. Vivanh Souvannamethy, Director of CAS, DoPF, MAF of Lao PDR expressed the sincere gratitude to the AFSIS Secretariat and MAFF, Japan for the implementation of the SAS-PSA Project in Lao PDR as it is the fundamental step to improve agricultural statistics and support SDG indicator 2.4.1. in the region.
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On 13–15 January 2026, the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Thailand, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan, and the AFSIS Secretariat, conducted the 1st Meeting of Japan–Thailand Expert Dialogue on Agricultural Statistics. The meeting was held at the Office of Agricultural Economics and field survey activities in Chonburi Province.
On 3–4 December 2025, the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat participated in the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Table Top Exercise (TTX) held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
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AFSIS and Development of Human Resources" in Cambodia On 27 November 2025, Mr. Charapon Chantorn, Deputy AFSIS Manager, participated in the Completion and Handover Ceremony of the project “Establishing the Real-Time ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) and Development of Human Resources, Phase 3 – Pilot Project on Strategic Crop Forecasting System for Food Security in Cambodia.” The ceremony was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and jointly hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) of the Republic of Korea, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Cambodia, and the Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC).
AFSIS Participated in APRSAF-31 to Strengthen Space Technology Cooperation for Regional Food Security On 18–19 November 2025, in Cebu City, the Republic of the Philippines, the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat, represented by Mr. Charapon Chantorn, Deputy AFSIS Manager, participated in the 31st Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-31). The Forum, a key platform for promoting regional cooperation in space technology across the Asia-Pacific region, was co-organized by the Philippines Space Agency (PhilSA), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
