Regional Forum on Geospatial Information Application for Agricultural Monitoring in South-East Asia hosted by Yunan University was held in Kunming, China, Secord Segment (Technology, Institution and, Policy) on November 30 – December 1, 2023.
On this occasion, Ms. Tiziana Bonapace Director, of Information and Communication Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (ESCAP) and Mr. Zhuang Yan, Chinese Academy of Science (tbt) delivered the opening remarks to all participants. The workshop was attended by representativesof the ASEAN member countries the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS), Group on Earth Observations Global Agriculture Monitoring (GEOGLAM), the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), and the ASEAN Research and Training Center for Space Technology and Applications (ARTSA), as well as the AFSIS Secretariat.
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On 30th November, the session of High-Level Panel discussion on potential adoption and replication in South-East Asian Countries, Dr. Sumanya Ngandee, AFSIS Manager, shared the experience of AFSIS (ASEN Food Security Information), our project that corroborates with plus 3 counties, and the new framework that we provide AFSIS to become the international organization and national cooperation agency in the future to the participants.


At the meeting on 1st December, the presentation session was about the case studies and discussion led by representatives of ASEN member countries and the Crop Bio Project Meeting in the afternoon. This session provided a ton of knowledge that will be useful in the future.
In addition, this meeting went well and received the attention of the participants. This is in line with AFSIS's ambition to demonstrate the importance of the project and the importance of food security information.
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The self-sufficiency ratio (SSR) is a key indicator of food security. It shows how well Southeast Asian countries can meet rice demand through domestic production, with the region overall remaining increasingly self-sufficient despite ongoing challenges.
On 19 March 2026, the AFSIS Secretariat participated in the Asia and the Pacific Food Systems Forum 2026 under the theme “Feeding the Future, Sustaining the Planet” in Manila, the Philippines, organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) . The forum aimed to promote food security policies, review ADB’s related initiatives, and support long-term food systems transformation.
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.