Issues and Strategies to Assure

Food Security in ASEAN
(ASEAN Level Initiative on Food Security)



Presented by Xaypladeth Choulamany,

Director General, Department of Planning and Cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR
ASEAN Community
ASEAN Policy & Measures
Related to Food Security
• Roadmap for ASEAN Community Building: AEC and
ASCC Blueprints:
• AEC Blueprint (A7: 38-40)
• ASCC Blueprint (B3, B4)
• •ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) Framework
• •ASEAN Multi-sectoral Framework for Climate Change:
Agriculture and Forestry towards Food Security (AFCC)
• ASEAN Plus Three Comprehensive Strategy on
Food Security and Bioenergy
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 AEC Blueprint
A7. Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Under the AEC Blueprint, our cooperation on Food, Agriculture
and Forestry is aimed to:
38. Enhance intra- and extra-ASEAN trade and long-term
competitiveness of ASEAN’s food, agriculture and forestry products/
commodities.

39. Promote cooperation, joint approaches and technology transfer
with international, regional organisations and private sector

40. Promote ASEAN agricultural cooperatives to empower and
enhance market access of agricultural products, to build a network
mechanism linking agricultural cooperatives, and to fulfill the purpose
of agricultural cooperatives for the benefit of farmers in the region

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 ASCC Blueprint
B3. Enhancing food security and safety.

B4. Access to healthcare and promotion of
healthy lifestyle.

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 ASEAN Integrated Food Security(AIFS) Framework and Strategic
Plan of Action on Food Security (SPA FS)

“Food security” exists when all people, at all

times, have physical and economic access to
sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their
dietary needs and food preferences for an active
and healthy life. (World Food Summit, 1996)

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 AIFS Framework and SPA-FS
14th ASEAN Summit, March 2009,
Thailand
- In the aftermath of the 2007/2008 food
price crisis
– Pledged to embrace food security as high
priority policy, and review ASEAN’s
commitment to the objectives of World
Food Summit and the MDGs.
– Adopted the ASEAN Integrated Food
Security (AIFS) Framework and
Strategic Plan of Action on Food
Security in ASEAN (SPA-FS)
(2009-2013).
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AIFS
Objectives:
– Objectives and Goal
• To sustain and increase food production;
• To reduce postharvest losses;
• To promote conducive market and trade for agriculture
commodities and inputs;
• To ensure food stability;
• To ensure food safety, quality and nutrition;
• To promote availability and accessibility to agriculture inputs; and
• To operationalize regional food emergency relief arrangements
Goal: “Ensure long-term food security and nutrition,
to improve the livelihoods of farmers in the ASEAN
region”

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 AIFS Framework

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 Structure of ASEAN Cooperation in Food, Agriculture and Forestry
ASEAN Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) As of August 2010

SOM-AMAF

ATF on
Joint Committee on
ASEAN ASWG on ATWG on ASEAN
Genetically ASWG on ASWG on Agric. ASEAN Coop. & Joint
AWG on Food ATF on ASWG on ASWG on Agric. Senior
Modified Crops Agric. Research Approaches in Agric. &
Halal Food * Security Codex Livestock Fisheries Training Officials on
Food Coopera- &
Reserve & Forestry Forest Products
Testing Develop-
Extension ment

EWG on
ASEAN Focal

FCG on
AEG on Herbal NFPWG/ Industrial
Harmonization and Medicinal Clubs
of Phyto- Point on ASEAN- ACEDAC
sanitary Animal SEAFDEC
Collaboration Carrageenan
AEG on Forest
Cocoa
Note: Product
Coconut
AWG: ASEAN Working Group EWG on ASEAN
ATF on Vegetable Oil
Harmonization Fisheries
of MRLs of Consultative AEG on
ASWG: ASEAN Sectoral Working Forest Products
Group Coffee

EWG: Experts Working Group ASEAN Wildlife Tea

TF on
Enforcement Pepper
AEG: ASEAN Experts Group ASEAN
ASEAN Network
Standards for Peas & Beans
Shrimp
NFPWG: National Focal Point Horticultural
Tapioca
Working Group
AEWG on Tuna
TEG : Technical Experts Group International
ASEAN Forest
AVRDC
AFP : ASEAN Focal Points Regional
Network
EWG
ATWG : ASEAN Technical Working (AARNET)
on ASEAN AWG
Group Steering on Pan ASEAN
Timber
ATF : ASEAN Task Force
SOM : Senior Officer Meeting
EWG
on ASEAN ASEAN
(*) : Supported by a dedicated Social Forestry
secretariat
 Organizational Structure of AMAF and Dialogue Partners Relations
ASEAN Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF)

SOM-AMAF

Plus Three China India GCC ROK

AMAF + 3 ASEAN – China Ministerial AIMAF

Meeting on SPS

AGCCWG on Forestry AFoCo*

SOM – AMAF +3 ASEAN – China SPS AIWGAF
and Agriculture
Contact Point Meeting

APTERR Council * TWG – Food Safety

Note:

AFSIS Board * AFSIS: ASEAN – Food Security Information

TWG – Animal System
Inspection & Quarantine
AFoCo: ASEAN – ROK Forest Cooperation
ASEAN + 3 Bio- AGCCWG: ASEAN – Gulf Cooperation Council
energy Forum * TWG – Plant Inspection Working Group
& Quarantine
AIMAF: ASEAN – India Ministerial Meeting on
East Asia Forum on Agriculture and Forestry
Plant Variety AIWGAF: ASEAN – India Working Group on
Agriculture and Forestry
Protection*
APTERR: ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice
Reserve
GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council
TWG: Technical Working Group
NFPWG: National Focal Point Working Group
Time Frame

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 Progress and Developments
Strategic
Thrust 1: Strengthen Food Security,
including
Emergency/ Shortage Relief Arrangement

o Establish a permanent regional rice reserve scheme - in
response
to disaster situations, humanitarian assistance and
poverty alleviation in order to build confidence in encountering

food

shortage

o APTERR
Agreement had entered into force on 12 July 2012.

(APTERR= ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve)

oReinforce ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) in
management of food information for planning of food production
in the region

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 Progress and Developments
Strategic Thrust 2: Promote Conducive Food
Market and Trade
• ASEAN Rice Trade Forum
– Initiated in 2011,
– 1st ASEAN Rice Trade Forum (2012, Siemriep, Cambodia)
– 2nd Rice Self-sufficiency and Trade Forum (2013,
Jogyakarta, Indonesia)
– Extreme rice price volatility & lack of policy coordination
– Information/Communication/Dialogues
– Market information

• Private Sector in Food Security
– Promoting PPP in food security and dialogues with ASEAN policy-makers

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Strategic Thrust 2: Promote Conducive Food
Market and Trade (continue)

•US-MARKET (Maximizing Agriculture Revenue

through Knowledge Enterprise and Trade) Project

• Regional Agriculture Trade Environment (RATE)

Assessment had been completed in 10 ASEAN Member
States.

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 Progress and Developments

Strategic Thrust 3: Strengthen Integrated Food

Security Information System

• ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS)
• Databases and half-yearly Agricultural Commodity

• Outlooks (ACOs) on rice, maize, sugar, soybean, cassava
• ACOs à Supply, demand, forecast, self-sufficiency ratio, food
security ratio, crop calendar/ planting seasons, areas of yield
losses by damage types
• Capacity building and linking information to decision-making

•AFSIS as a self-sustained mechanism beyond 2012
• Transforming 10 years AFSIS Project (2003-2012) into a
Permanent ASEAN Plus Three Integrated Food Security
Information System (AFSIS). Establish AFSIS Network
Centre in 13 ASEAN Plus Three countries.
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 Progress and Developments

Strategic Thrust 4: Promote Sustainable Food

Production



•Efficient utilization of resource potential for agricultural

development
•PPP
to promote efficient and sustainable food production,
food
consumption, post-harvest practices & loss reduction
•Implementation
of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)

•Improving agricultural productivity
•Strengthening regional networks for R&D, technology
transfers and farmers organisations/cooperatives



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 Progress and Developments

Strategic Thrust 5: Encourage Greater Investment in

Food and Agro-based Industry to

enhance Food Security



•Greater investment by the public and private sectors in
food
and agro-based industry
• Agricultural investment study
• Joint agriculture-investment sector consultation

• PPP (Public Private Partnership)

•Promoting ASEAN-Dialogue Partners investment
cooperation on food security


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 Progress and Developments

Strategic Thrust 6: Identify and Address Emerging

Issues Related to Food Security



•Food security and climate change
• ASEAN Multi-Sectoral Framework on Climate Change:
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry towards Food Security

(AFCC)


• 3rd Meeting of the Ad-hoc Steering Committee on Climate
Change and Food Security (1-2 July 2014, ASEAN Sec.)

•Food security and bioenergy development
• ASEAN Plus Three Comprehensive Strategy on Food
Security and Bioenergy Development
• High Level Consultation Meeting on Bio-energy and Food
Security
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 AIFS Framework and SPA FS

(2015-2020)
-AIFS Framework and SPA-FS (2008-2013) has completed by the end of
2013,
the Special Senior Officials Meeting (SOM)-34th AMAF Meeting agreed

that the AIFS Framework would be continued in 2014.

-In addressing long-term food security in the ASEAN region, the AIFS

Framework was developed to provide scope and joint pragmatic approaches
for cooperation among ASEAN Member States.

-The
AIFS Framework maintained the original four components and
added “Nutrion-enhancing agricultural development” as the fifth

new component supported by three corresponding strategic thrusts,

namely:

-Strategic
Thrust 7: Utilize Nutrition Information to support evidence-
Based food security and agriculture policies;
-Strategic Thrust 8: Identify policies, institutional and governance
mechanisms for nutrition-enhancing agriculture development in AMS,
-Strategic Thrust 9: Develop and strengthen nutrition-enhancing
agriculture policies/programs and build capacity for their
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FS(2015-2020)-cont

In 2015-2020, the priority commodities for food security in

the ASEAN region include rice, maize, soybean, sugar and

cassava.

Other commodities such as livestock, fishery and

crops for staple food, which are important for food security
and nutrition, shall be identified during the course of
implementation
of the AIFS Framework and SPA-FS.

The new AIFS and the SPA-FS were endorsed by the
Preparatory SOM-AMAF and the 36th AMAF Meeting in
September 2014 and to be proposed for final approval at
the ASEAN Summit in November/December 2014 in
Myanmar.
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 Concluding Notes
• Food security – high priority and long-standing
agenda in ASEAN
• AIFS Framework and SPA-FS – a regional platform
for coordination and cooperation – national, sub-
national, regional and greater ASEAN levels
• Inter-linkages à food security, policy coordination,
trade, information and multiple stakeholder
engagement
• Information, communication, dialogues and linking
to decision making
• Issues to be further addressed – identification of
vulnerability groups, nutrition aspects, etc.

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 Thank you for your kind
attention
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic
access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and
food preferences for an active and healthy life.
(World Food Summit, 1996 and adopted by AIFS Framework, 2009)

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