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Among those who presented reports were country representatives from ASEAN member-states and UNIDO experts.
Members of the ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agricultural Research and Development (ATWGRD) also attended the workshop. The ASTWGRD provides recommendation to the policy-making body in the ASEAN member-states.
“The ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF), as tasked by the leaders, has placed priority and renewed their commitment over the past year in ensuring contribution of food and agriculture and forestry sectors towards realisation of ASEAN Community and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as addressing food security and other emerging and cross-sectoral issues," said Dr Somsak Pipoppinyo of the ASEAN Economic Community Department.
UNIDO representative Imran Farooque said, “This joint UNIDO-ASEAN Secretariat Post-Harvest Losses Workshop has demonstrated the critical need of addressing the improvements of food supply chain with specific emphasis on the reduction of post-harvest losses and allow building on experience and success stories existing in the region for strengthening productive capacities leading to quantitative expansion and qualitative upgrading in the performance of economic agents along the full food value chain systems.”
