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Regional Forum on Geospatial Information Application for Agricultural Monitoring in South-East Asia hosted by Yunan University was held in Kunming, China, Secord Segment (Technology, Institution and, Policy) on November 30 – December 1, 2023.
On this occasion, Ms. Tiziana Bonapace Director, of Information and Communication Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (ESCAP) and Mr. Zhuang Yan, Chinese Academy of Science (tbt) delivered the opening remarks to all participants. The workshop was attended by representativesof the ASEAN member countries the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS), Group on Earth Observations Global Agriculture Monitoring (GEOGLAM), the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), and the ASEAN Research and Training Center for Space Technology and Applications (ARTSA), as well as the AFSIS Secretariat.
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On 30th November, the session of High-Level Panel discussion on potential adoption and replication in South-East Asian Countries, Dr. Sumanya Ngandee, AFSIS Manager, shared the experience of AFSIS (ASEN Food Security Information), our project that corroborates with plus 3 counties, and the new framework that we provide AFSIS to become the international organization and national cooperation agency in the future to the participants.
At the meeting on 1st December, the presentation session was about the case studies and discussion led by representatives of ASEN member countries and the Crop Bio Project Meeting in the afternoon. This session provided a ton of knowledge that will be useful in the future.
In addition, this meeting went well and received the attention of the participants. This is in line with AFSIS's ambition to demonstrate the importance of the project and the importance of food security information.
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On 18 February 2026, the AFSIS Secretariat participated in the international event Google’s “Impact of AI on Global Agriculture,” organized by Google.org at Roseate House, Aerocity, New Delhi, India.
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.
