On 1 June 2022, AFSIS Secretariat held the meeting with Stantec under the“Technical Assistance to the EU-ASEAN Green Initiative” at meeting room 1, Innovation building, Office of Agricultural Economics, Bangkok.
The meeting was honored by Mr. Vinit Atisook, Deputy Secretary General, Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) to be the chairman of the Meeting. Also, the representative of Stantec, Ms. Laura Salemi, Business Development Leader, and AFSIS Secretariat attended the meeting.
The purpose of the meeting was to exchange the information of the organizations and missions for better understanding in both sides to discuss about the collaboration in this project.
Dr. Waraporn Saelee, AFSIS Manager, had presented the AFSIS information which were the Historical Timeline, AFSIS Key Activities, the Implementations of the Collaboration Projects with Plus Three Countries, and AFSIS Challenges.
The meeting had ended with a mutual agreement to require more project details to consider for potential collaboration in the future.
On 12-13 February 2026, the AFSIS Secretariat, in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Japan and the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Ministry of Agriculture Cooperatives (MOAC), conducted a workshop conducted a workshop The Promoting Rice Planted Area and Production Estimation Using INAHOR and Space-based Technologies in Thailand at the Meeting Room 2, Innovation Building, 3rd FL, Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE)
The In-Country Workshop on Promoting Rice Planted Area and Production Estimation Using Space-based Technologies in Lao PDR was jointly organized by AFSIS Secretariat, JAXA, MAFF Japan, and MAE Lao PDR under the AFSIS-GIS and SAFE projects. The event was held in Vientiane with hands-on training on 9 February 2026 and a workshop on 10 February 2026.
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On 13–15 January 2026, the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Thailand, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan, and the AFSIS Secretariat, conducted the 1st Meeting of Japan–Thailand Expert Dialogue on Agricultural Statistics. The meeting was held at the Office of Agricultural Economics and field survey activities in Chonburi Province.
On 3–4 December 2025, the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat participated in the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Table Top Exercise (TTX) held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
