MINISTRY of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MoALI) signed a Memorandum of Agreement with APTERR’s secretary-general on 21 November in Nay Pyi Taw to receive 3,000 tonnes of rice from the Republic of Korea under the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Tier 3 programme.
Under the APTERR Tier 3 programme, 3,000 tonnes from the Republic of Korea and 500 tonnes of locally produced rice with donations from China will be contributed to people affected by natural disasters and the events of calamities. Over 1,000 tonnes of reserved rice under the APTERR programme were contributed to regions and states affected by devastating floods last September, the ministry stated.
With Myanmar being a member of APTERR, the ministry has actively participated in APTERR Tier 3 programme for rice donations to natural disaster-hit communities starting in 2017.
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