On 24-30 January 2022, Department of Planning and Statistics (DPS), Ministry of AgriculturalFishery and Forestry (MAFF), Cambodia had visited Battambang Province to conduct a pilot survey as a part of the project for Supporting Agricultural Survey on Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in ASEAN region or SAS-PSA project in Cambodia.
This pilot survey was divided into 3 teams for collecting data of the total 220 household samples in 3 districts in Battambang Province namely Banan district, Thma Koul district, and Bavel district. Furthermore, the enumerators were using the Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) for data collection.
This activity aims for enhancing the building capacities, knowledge, as well as experiences of the DPS officials and enumerators on SDG 2.4.1 data collection according to FAO protocols in order to adapt and improve the SDG 2.4.1 survey of Cambodia in the national level.
During the survey period in Cambodia, AFSIS Secretariat couldn’t joint the fieldwork due to the spread of new variant of COVID-19, Omicron. However, the pilot survey was completely successful with great cooperation of farmers. For the next step, the data analysis workshop of the SAS-PSA project will be held in February 2022.
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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