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Please find the coming events by the links below:
Workshop on Role of Commodity Associations in Asia and the Pacific, 11-13 November 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
14th General Assembly and 28th Executive Committee Meeting, 14 November 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
International Seminar on Consumer Trends and Export of Tropical Fruits, 14-16 July 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
FAO/AFMA/India Regional Workshop on Integrated Supply Chain Management: Opportunities for Small Farmers, 31 March-4 April 2008, New Delhi, India
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Backgrounds
Improvement in food marketing was a major concern for the countries of the Asia and the Pacific Region in nineteen eighties. Preliminary successes in production adequacy for basic food security resulted in a surge in foodgrain production in these countries, and bottlenecks were being experienced in output disposal. Therefore, the stability of food supplies became a prominent problem requiring urgent resolution, and involving many elements: storage and warehousing, grading and standardization, transportation and shipment, processing and conversion, preservation, and other market-related dimensions. there also was the need to use regional cooperation in training the potential of these elements.
As a consequence of the growing realization for the needs to upgrade performance levels in food marketing, FAO sponsored a regional Group Consultation on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries for Food Marketing Systems Improvement. It was recommended that a voluntary association of food marketing institutions be established. Subsequently, the Association of Food and Agricultural Marketing Agencies in Asia and the Pacific (AFMA) began to operate in 1983 using contributions from member agencies and financial and technical support of the FAO.
The AFMA is an autonomous body governed by an Executive Committee and General Assembly. An Executive Committee is elected every two years to plan strategy, formulate a budget, and determine and implement the activities to be undertaken. The Executive Committee Meeting is held every year while the General Assembly meets every two years.
The Secretariat of AFMA is based in the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP), Bangkok.
Objectives
The objectives of the association are:-
- to stimulate economic and technical cooperation among food marketing institutions in the Region for the improvement of food marketing system in the respective countries;
- to establish among its members a machinery for systematic interchange of information and experiences regarding various aspects of food marketing activities; and
- to establish and maintain appropriate relationship with FAO of the United Nations and other international and regional organizations pursuing similar or related objectives.
Functions
For the purpose of achieving its objectives, the Association performs the following functions:
- Exchange of information and experiences among the food marketing institutions in the countries in Asia and Pacific Region, on policies, programmes, projects and technologies on food marketing;
- Training of senior level policy makers and middle-level managerial and technical staff on various policies, programmes, management and technical aspects of food marketing system;
- Technical and economic cooperation among food marketing institutions in countries of the Region in planning, initiating, implementing and evaluating specific policies, programmes and/or project activities to improve food marketing system; and
- Other functions which are required to achieve above objectives.
Secretariat
1. Chairman
Mr. Deepak Kumar Panwar
Chairman and Managing Director
Food Corporation of India (FCI)
Khadya Sadan
16-20 Barakhamba Lane
New Delhi 110 001, India
2. AFMA Secretariat
Ms. Juejan Tangtermthong Executive Director
Ms. Sutisa Loganit Secretary
Ms. Nopphan Weeraphan Accountant
AFMA
c/o FAO
39 Maliwan Mansion
Phra Atit Road
Bangkok 10200, THAILAND
Tel: +66 2 6974350-2
Fax: +66 2 6974406
Email: info@afmaasia.org
Office hour: 07:30 - 15.45 (GMT + 7 hours)
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