On 25 March 2022, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been successfully developed the web system called “VEDAS cloud system” to provide the wide-area precipitation data to AFSIS and the ASEAN Member Countries for Rice Growing Outlook report (RGO) activity.
This VEDAS cloud system is the following-up from the fruitful meeting between ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) together with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and ISRO on the 11th November 2021. The meeting confirmed the benefits of trilateral collaboration on the use of satellite-based information for RGO activities, and agreed to continue the collaboration to further with the objective to utilize the earth-observing satellite data for enhancing the food security system in ASEAN regions.
This is the one of the successful cooperation between AFSIS, JAXA, and ISRO since more trainings are currently planned for this near future.
For accessing the wide-area precipitation data, please kindly visit: https://vedas.sac.gov.in/AFSIS
On 2 April 2024, the AFSIS Secretariat had an opportunity to visit the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), Ministry of Interior, Thailand. The primary focus of the meeting was to gather insights on several key aspects related to the emergency information-sharing mechanism of the DDPM.
On 20 March 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries of Malaysia, the host country for the 22nd AFSIS Focal Point Meeting and AFSIS Secretariat convened their first meeting to discuss the organization of the 22nd AFSIS Focal Point Meeting in 2024. The objective of this meeting was to provide information on the steps needed to prepare for the upcoming AFSIS Focal Point Meeting.
On 23 February 2024, the AFSIS Secretariat joined a meeting by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and APTERR Secretariat on the topic of AFSIS-related issues.
On 20 – 21 February 2024, 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 Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Cambodia conducted the Workshop for promote rice planted area and production estimation using space-based technologies in Cambodia at Himawari Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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