The 20th Focal Point Meeting of ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) was held on 8-9 June 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia as the first time for AFSIS Focal Point Meeting to hold a hybrid meeting. It was organized by the AFSIS Secretariat and hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Indonesia.
The number of distinguished representatives from the relevant agencies namely ASEAN Plus Three members, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC), SEAA Research LLC., ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Secretariat, ASEAN Secretariat, and AFSIS Secretariat had attended the meeting.
Also, the participants attending this meeting physically were the representatives of Indonesia, 2 representatives of Cambodia, 1 representative of Japan, and 6 representatives of AFSIS Secretariat.
The 20th AFSIS Focal Point Meeting is a great opportunity for the AFSIS Focal Points and all participants to share, discuss, and extend the knowledge and innovation on agricultural statistics, challenges of food security in the region, and sustainable development goals. The main objectives of the meeting are to inform the ASEAN Plus Three Countries about the outcomes and achievements of AFSIS in 2021, to consider 2022 work plan, and related issues.
In addition, there was also an open session for the ASEAN Plus Three member countries to discuss the Future of AFSIS project after the opinions on the proposed options were gathered from all member countries. AFSIS Secretariat will inform the result of selected options in the Special SOM-AMAF +3 for further consideration toward the Future of AFSIS after 2024.
The Meeting expressed appreciation toward the roles of the AFSIS Secretariat in strengthening food security and vowed to continually cooperate and support the projects under AFSIS implementation.
The meeting was successfully ended with great collaboration from all participants. For the next meeting, the 21st Focal Point Meeting of AFSIS will be hosted by Lao PDR on 12-13 June 2023 in Vientiane as the virtual meeting.
On 19-20 September 2023, the AFSIS Secretariat attended the Satellite Applications for Societal Benefit Working Group (SAWG) which was a working group session of APRSAF-29 that was jointly organized by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) of Indonesia, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The APRSAF-29 was held in Jakarta, Indonesia this year.
According to the ASEAN Disaster Monitoring and Response System (DMRS), the southwest monsoon brings heavy rainfall over Lao PDR causing flooding and landslide incidents since 4 August 2023. Regarding the water level across Lao PDR, a warning has been issued since 1 August regarding water levels across Lao PDR.
On 31 August 2023, the AFSIS Secretariat with the collaboration of the Regional Office of Agricultural Economics 7 at Nongmuang District in Lopburi province and Nakhon Sawan Field Crops Research Center attended the maize field trip in Nakhon Sawan provinces, Thailand.
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On 29-30 August 2023, the AFSIS Secretariat with support from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan held the Regional Workshop on the Strengthening ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Function for Emergency (SAFER) at Novotel Sukhumvit 20 hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
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