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.
The members of the AFSIS Focal Points and delegates from ASEAN Plus Three countries attended the Meeting. In addition, representatives from the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Secretariat, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),
The ASEAN Secretariat and the AFSIS Secretariat also participated in the meeting.
The main objectives of the Meeting were to inform the ASEAN Plus Three member countries of the overall outcomes and achievements of AFSIS activities in 2024-2025 (Q2) and to present the future work plan for 2025. Moreover, the Meeting provided a forum for participants to offer comments and suggestions on the future direction of AFSIS and the progress of transformation into a permanent mechanism to ensure the sustainability of AFSIS.
On this occasion, Dr. Sumanya Ngandee, AFSIS Manager, informed the Meeting about the endorsement of the Joint Understanding of the 22nd AFSIS Focal Point Meeting for the Sustainability of AFSIS by ASEAN Plus Three member countries and acknowledged at the 24th ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (AMAF+3) Meeting in October 2024.
The 23rd AFSIS Focal Point Meeting also acknowledged the progress and work plan of the Strengthening ASEAN Food Security Information System Function for Emergency (SAFER) Project activities. Moreover, welcome to the new Japan project: Project for AFSIS Geospatial Informatization Support (AFSIS-GIS) and the joint proposal AFSIS publication of INAHOR estimation results served as an important platform for fostering collaboration and strengthening the commitment to sustainable food security in the ASEAN region.
The Meeting expressed appreciation for the roles of the AFSIS in strengthening food security and vowed to cooperate and support the projects under AFSIS implementation continually. It successfully ended with great collaboration from all participants. The next 24th AFSIS Focal Point Meeting will take place in Manila, the Philippines, on 17-18 June 2026.
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.
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The ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC), and Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), conducted the 2nd Hands-on Training Courses for Agricultural Statisticians, the Final Workshop, and the 2nd Seminar for Executive Officials under the JAIF Project entitled “Improvement of Rice Paddy Area Statistics and Damage Assessment using Earth Observation Satellites for ASEAN” in Sriracha, Chonburi Province, and Bangkok, Thailand.
