As part of the Transfer of Knowledge and Capacity Building activity of AMIS, Japan has supported an FAO project to strengthen agricultural market information in Thailand and the Philippines, specifically focusing on methodological improvements in the estimation of rice supply and demand.

This project is the continuation of the successful implementation of the AMIS initiative to support building capacity to produce reliable and timely statistics essential for improving global food market information system in AMIS countries.

Thailand endorsed the implementation of a three year project, which aims to collect best practices and relevant methodologies for estimating rice production, yield and stocks. The implementing project team is also committed to provide training to staff in NSO and ministries of agriculture in accessing and applying improved methodologies in proposed AMIS data production initiatives.