The ASEAN-Japan Centre will hold a webinar on “Promoting Food Security in ASEAN and Japan through Free Trade Agreements”. The webinar hopes to provide an avenue to discuss whether market access commitments on agricultural and food products made under free trade agreements could promote food security in the region. The webinar welcomes participants from government, academe, businesses, including micro, small and medium enterprises, and anyone interested on food security.
Date: Friday, June 17, 2022
Time: 15:00-16:30 (Japan Standard Time)
Format: Zoom online meeting
Number of participants: No limit
Language: Japanese and English with simultaneous interpretation
Organizer: Research and Policy Analysis (RPA) Cluster, ASEAN Japan Centre
Registration: Free
Contact: Research and Policy Analysis (RPA) Cluster, Email: info_rpa@ajc-wp-preview.yucca-works.jp
Program schedule
| 15:00-15:10 | Introduction Moderator: Mr. Phutsakhon Sengmaniphon, Cluster Head and Assistant Director, Research and Policy Analysis (RPA) Cluster, ASEAN Japan Centre |
| 15:10-15:30 | “Background and State of Food Security Issues in Japan” Mr. Akihiko Hirasawa Executive Officer, Basic Research Division Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd. |
| 15:30-15:50 | “Free Trade Agreements and Food Security” Ms. Tisha Pia E. Dela Rosa Chief of the Macro-Economic Policy Division Development Management Officer V Department of Agriculture, Philippines |
| 15:50-16:10 | “The Implication of RCEP on Rapidly Expanding Export-oriented Agriculture in Lao PDR” Mr. Souknilanh Keola Associate Senior Research Fellow Institute of Developing Economies Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) |
| 16:10-16:30 | Open forum |
