On 27 October 2021, the Stakeholders Meeting was conducted out of the collaboration between AFSIS Secretariat and Department of Planning and Statistics (DPS), Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF),
the Kingdom of Cambodia as a Video Conference for Project for Supporting Agricultural Survey on Promoting Sustainable Agriculture (SAS-PSA) in Cambodia.
Main objectives of the Stakeholders Meeting are to inform all the stakeholders in the MAFF of Cambodia regarding the core objectives, activities details, and the future work plan of the SAS-PSA project. This also includes discussing the on-going implementations of the SAS-PSA project in Cambodia and receiving any comments or suggestions from the stakeholders.
The opening speech was honorably given by Dr. Waraporn Saelee, AFSIS Manager. Moreover, the meeting included the delegates from DPS, General Director of Agriculture (GDA) DALM, Crop department, Department of Industry Agriculture (DIA), Provincial Department Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (PDAFF), General Director of Animal Health Production (GDAHP), and AFSIS Secretariat.
In the meeting, the delegates were presented with the information on Agricultural Policy in Cambodia by Mr. Mak Mony, the Director of DPS, MAFF of Cambodia.Then, it followed by the background of the SAS-PSA Project, along with the brief methodology of SDG indicator 2.4.1 by Mr. NIIMI Tomohiro, the Japanese Expert.
Next, the details of the SAS-PSA project’s implementation in Cambodia were presented by Mr. Stong Kia, the National Consultant of DPS, as well as inform the Meeting with conclusion as follows:
1) The SAS-PSA project in Cambodia will be starting from September 2021 – July 2022.
2) Household samples are 220 households from 3 districts in Battambang province which are Banan, Thma Koul, and Bavel.
3) The manual and questionnaires are now being translated into Khmer language.
The plenary discussion was held during the meeting before it ended with the closing remarks given by Mr. Mak Mony, the Director of DPS, MAFF of Cambodia.
On 31 July – 1 August 2023, the AFSIS Secretariat in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of Lao PDR conducted the Workshop for the demonstration of INAHOR utilization for 2023 Rainy Season Rice in Vang Vieng, Lao PDR.
On 21 July 2023, Mr. Hideya Yamada, Director General of the Statistics Department, and Mr. Masahiro Hosaka, Deputy Director of the Statistics Planning Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan visited the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) to attend the bilateral meeting with Mr. Chantanon Wannakejohn, Secretary-General of the OAE, Ministry of Agricultural and Cooperative (MOAC) of Thailand, to discuss the effective and smooth implementation of AFSIS in the long term.
On 5 June 2023, the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOCS), a department of the Department of Science and Technology, raised the status alert level for Mayon Volcano in Albay Province, Region V (Bicol Region) from Alert Level 1 to Alert Level 2 due to the repeated collapses of the growing summit dome of the volcano, which caused an increasing number and volume of rockfall events. The alert status of Mayon Volcano was raised to level 3 on 8 June with the occurrence of a total of 267 rockfall events and 2 volcanic earthquakes. Additionally, three Pyroclastic Density Current (PDC) events were observed on the Bonga (southeast) and Basud (east) Gullies.
On 28 June 2023, Dr. Waraporn Saelee, an outgoing AFSIS manager, signed and handed over the position of AFSIS manager to Dr. Sumanya Ngandee, who will perform as a new AFSIS manager starting on 30 June 2023. The ceremony took place at the AFSIS Secretariat office, Innovation Building, Office of Agricultural Economics
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