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‘Public-Private Partnership is like a soccer game.’
Writer: Natasha Angsakulchai, Project Assistant, Facilitating Trade for Agricultural Goods in ASEAN (FTAG) Project Director of ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems says it takes two for change in agriculture. With the global population estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050, addressing challenges in agricultural sector to feed the growing population require more combined efforts from both …
You are ugly. But, I still eat you.
Writer: Chhet Socheata, Keat Pengkun, Khann Kanha, and Sok Lina, Improvement of Livelihood and Food Security of Landless and Land-Poor Households Organic products are in higher demand in Cambodia although they do not look as nice as the chemical coated produces. According to a shop assistant at Khmer Organic Cooperative (KOC) in Phnom Penh, about …
ASEAN Guidelines on Soil and Nutrient Management: A journey towards sustainable management of soils and plant nutrition begins
After two years of development, the ASEAN Guidelines on Soil and Nutrient Management (SNM) come close to the finishing line. These truly regional guidelines for policy makers of ASEAN Member States are the fruitful results of concerted efforts and collaborations among the Regional Expert Group on Soil and Nutrient Management from the 10 ASEAN Member …
ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems: What is now? And where is next?
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Upon the completion of ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS), the project in collaboration with Thailand Department of Agriculture will conduct the Regional Knowledge Sharing Consultation in April 2017, which is one of the project activities agreed at its 8th Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) attended by delegates of …
Lao to get supports from Thailand to halt the bamboo locust outbreak
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems High level representatives from Agriculture Ministries of ASEAN Member States recently discussed the emerging bamboo locust outbreak in Lao PDR to seek cooperation in tackling a potential cross-border problem. At a recent Steering Committee Meeting of the ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS) in Malaysia, ASEAN delegates voiced …
‘Food sufficiency will not be just a dream’
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Senator Cynthia Villar of the Philippines highlights sustainable soil management to achieve “Available and Affordable Food for the Filipino”. In her keynote address at the 5th meeting of the ASEAN Expert Group on Soil and Nutrient Management (SNM) on 18-19 October 2016 in Manila, Senator Cynthia Villar cited …
‘I eat, therefore I am’: Please Like, Comment, Post and Share
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao and Thitirat Uraisin, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems ‘I eat, therefore I am’ is a newly cooked Facebook page of ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems project for new age consumers who cares for not just themselves and their own health but other people around including those in their families, neighborhood, classrooms, workplaces, farmland, food …
Fortified rice and nutritional patterns for Indonesia
The Food and Nutrition Society (PERGIZI PANGAN) Indonesia in collaboration with Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA) Nutrition Component Indonesia and GIZ conducted a study on fortified rice production and a clinical impact study to gain evidence on the effectiveness of fortified rice for school children in order to reduce micronutrient malnutrition in Indonesia. BRIA is …
Never thought the agriculture fair would be this fun, thank you Malaysia!
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems One day at MAHA 2016 was not enough, I bluntly admitted. As part of the 8th Steering Committee Meeting of the ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS) project, 14 ASEAN representatives from Ministries of Agriculture of eight countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 7 – 8 December …