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Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning

  • Type: IGO
  • Field: Agriculture
  • Region: Asia
  • Location: Bangkok, Thailand
  • Internship Title: Program Assistant
  • Duration: 3-6 months
  • Number of Interns: 10-20
  • Special Requirement: Interview
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Acceptable
AFMA (Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific) is an inter-government non-profit organization in association with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations aims to promote food and agriculture knowledge and economic cooperation among government, private company, institute, and Civil Society Organization.

Background
The stability of food supplies in the Asia-Pacific region was a prominent issue during the 1980’ s. There was a need for urgent attention to a wide range of agri-business development activities, such as improving storage and warehousing, grading and standardization, transportation, processing and conversion and preservation. This would require regional cooperation in educating the issues and factors involved to the various stakeholders within the market.
In response to this issue, FAO sponsored a regional Group Consultation on ‘Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries for Food Marketing Systems Improvement’. In addition, it was recommended by the group of governments and food marketing institutions of 12 countries and a UNESCAP representative that a voluntary association of food marketing institutions should be established. As a result, the Association of Food and Agricultural Marketing Agencies in Asia and the Pacific began to operate in 1983 using financial and technical support of the FAO, as well as contributions from governmental member agencies. In 2006, the Association of Food and Agricultural Marketing Agencies in Asia and the Pacific changed their name to the Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific (AFMA) to reflect its new aim of being the association for all marketers instead of the association of only marketing agencies.
AFMA operates financially through membership contributions, its own activities, and financial support from international agencies.

Objectives
● To stimulate economic and technical cooperation among food marketers in the Asia-Pacific Region
● To establish among its members a machinery for the systematic interchange of information and experiences regarding various aspects of food marketing activities
● To establish and maintain an appropriate relationship with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other international and regional organizations pursuing similar or related objectives
Internship Tasks：
The FeedUP@UN is opening for online internship. The interns will assist with this program, including program management, public research, document sorting, data collection, translation and other admin work. 
FeedUp@UN by the United Nations supports food sustainability by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening climate resilience, and ending hunger.  Its mission is to exchange food wisdom about sustainability with food producers and consumers through digital platforms in collaboration with all 193 United Nations’ member countries.
Covid-19 pandemic has globally disrupted the wellness system, sustainable tourism, and food value chain. The economical and environmental impacts unequally affect the poor and the less fortunate citizens. Sustainable wellness is one of the most important milestones for sustainable development and Covid-19 will not be the last challenge to sustainable development.
The Holistic resilience framework for the Sustainable Wellness Destination is initiated with a mission to showcase the holistic wellness modality and to bring global hunger to an end through multi-stakeholder partnerships.
The Food Visibility Platform has been introduced to connect sustainable food producers to the global consumers and strengthen up food value chain.
This will bring the highest level of Traceability, Trustability and Transparency to the food value chain.
FeedUp@UN is a digital supply chain system, that connects various parties, from farmers, producers, pack-houses, certifying bodies, distributors, and logistics to the consumers.

Requirements：
● Studying or Bachelor Degree graduated in Communication, Agriculture, Food Marketing, Food Engineering, culture and other related majors. 
● English speaking with Chinese Mandarin, Thai, or other native languages. (IELTS 6 or equivalent) 
● Basic knowledge on UN Sustainable Development Goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals
● Available 10 hours per week
● Self-starter, creative, with commitment
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
2016-09-19 | Bangkok, Thailand – Regional Round Table on the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020
2011-03-28 | Istanbul, Turkey – Grains world summit
2011-02-16 | Bangkok, Thailand – Asian Rice : meeting on modernizing the Asian rice industry
2010-10-13 | Rangoon, Myanmar – General Assembly
2010-10-13 | Rangoon, Myanmar – Asian agro-marketing forum / General Assembly
2010-10-11 | Singapore, Singapore – Annual world rice commerce conference
2010-09-15 | Delhi, India – International summit on processed food agribusiness and beverages
2010-07-27 | Cape Town, South Africa – Africa rice outlook conference
2010-06-28 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Global grains trade summit
2010-06-20 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Trade dynamics and market outlook
2010-05-11 | Bangkok, Thailand – Consultation workshop on market oriented agricultural extension
2009-11-08 | Zhengzhou, China – Workshop on wholesale market infrastructure and quality management
2009-10-08 | Bali, Indonesia – Annual world rice commerce conference
2009-08-19 | Bangkok, Thailand – Symposium
2009-02-10 | Chiang Mai, Thailand – What we have learned from the 2008 rice price crisis and can we avoid another one?
2008-11-14 | Bangkok, Thailand – General Assembly
2008-07-14 | Bangkok, Thailand – International seminar on consumer trends and export of tropical and subtropical fruits
2008-03-31 | Delhi, India – Opportunities for small farmers
2008 | India – General Assembly
2006-11-24 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – General Assembly
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
E-XE0151 – FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP). 
Links with: F-XF6479 – International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet).

Members
Governmental ministries and food marketing agencies, apex cooperative associations and private sector food marketing enterprises and associations (16) in 11 countries:
Member Countries & Regions
Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Korea Rep, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Pakistan