Project Implementation
Between
ASEAN Food Security Information System
and
Department of Agricultural Land Management and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Name of Activities: Stakeholder Meeting and Interim Report on Improving Statistics Data on Food Processing Value Chain Related to Sugarcane and Sugar Industry in Myanmar.
Objective: To complete the result of sugarcane pilot survey and disseminate to related stakeholders.
Date: 16 March 2019
Location: Oattara Thiri Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw,Myanmar
A Brief Summary of Activities:
1. To Explain about the Initial Step for improvement of agricultural statistics data to meet end users’ need and support policy advocacy for value chain development of Myanmar Sugar Industry and current sugar production status and future outlook in Myanmar.
2. To discuss about comparative study on sugar direct consumption in regions and states of Myanmar.
3. To review on Ten Year period of sugar import and export in Myanmar
On 19 August 2026, the AFSIS Secretariat participated in the Special Senior Officials Meeting of the 25th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (Special SOM-25th AMAF Plus Three), hosted by the Philippines via video conference. The Meeting was attended by Senior Officials from ASEAN Member States, the Plus Three countries, and the ASEAN Secretariat. The AFSIS Secretariat was represented by Dr. Sumanya Ngandee, AFSIS Manager.
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.
