Asiadhrra, represented by Mr. Nonoy Villas has been invited to participate in the ASEAN Rice Trade Forum to be held in Apsara Angkor Resort & Conference in Siem Reap, Cambodia on 19-20 June 2012.
The Forum’s objectives are
- share and analyze rice market information
- identify areas of cooperation and policy coordination to mitigate or – avoid extreme rice price volatility
- determine long-term and strategic policy reforms for the sustained development of regional rice trade
- test and discuss the business processes and arrangements involved in organizing a rice trade forum
The ASEAN Rice Trade Forum seeks to serve as a platform for promoting coherent and coordinated policy actions on rice trade to advance the goal of food security in the ASEAN region. The theme of the Forum is managing the risks of extreme rice price volatility caused by policy shocks and supply distortions brought about by climate change, through coherent and coordinated policy actions.
The Forum is convened, on a pilot basis, by the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB), in coordination with the ASEAN Secretariat and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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