On 23-24 May 2022, AFSIS Secretariat was invited by the Secretary General of the Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand as Chair of APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security (PPFS) to attend the APEC PPFS Webinar on “Sharing good practices on Sustainable Agricultural Development through the Principle of Sufficiency Economy Philosophy” at Pullman King Power Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
2 representatives from AFSIS Secretariat attended the meeting which were Dr. Waraporn Saelee, AFSIS Manager, and Mr. Tanabodee Kheosipalard, Statistician.
The purposes of this webinar are to build the capacity of APEC members by sharing experiences, and best practices on promoting sustainable agriculture development in rural areas through the Principle of Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) which is a method of development based on moderation, prudence, and social immunity.
During session 2: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicator 2.4.1 Sustainable Agriculture, Dr. Waraporn Saelee had introduced the AFSIS Project and presented the “Project for supporting Agricultural Survey on Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in ASEAN Region (SAS-PSA)” which was conducted in 3 target countries namely Thailand, Lao PDR, and Cambodia to exchange views and share experiences on sustainable agriculture development practices through the project implementations, the result of the pilot survey, and recommendations and limitations in each country.
The webinar went successfully with great collaboration from all participants.
On 28 June 2024, the AFSIS Secretariat engaged in a significant meeting with the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Secretariat to address various AFSIS-related issues. The meeting's objectives were multifaceted, aiming to explore the study for exploring ‘Local Resource-Based Food Reserve' mechanism in ASEAN Member States’.
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On 11-12 June 2024, the 22nd AFSIS Focal Point Meeting was conducted at Hybrid in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security of Malaysia, in collaboration with the AFSIS Secretariat. The meeting was chaired by Datuk Azah Hanim Ahmad, Deputy Secretary General (Policy), Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Malaysia.
The 44th Meeting of the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) convened on June 5-6, 2024 at the AMERI Hotel in Vang Vieng, Lao PDR.
On the evening of June 3, 2024, at 6:51 PM, the Kanlaon Volcano experienced an explosive eruption at its summit crater and still exploded continually. As of June 7, 2024, the Department of Agriculture's Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) reminds that Kanlaon Volcano remains at Alert Level 2.
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