Proceedings of the Launch Workshop of the Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) jointly organized the launch workshop of the project “Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns (ATMI-ASEAN)” on 7–8 October 2016. More than 50 experts from international organizations, government agencies, academic institutions, civil society, and the private sector coming from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam, China, India, USA, and Italy took part in the discourse on global, regional, and national perspectives on agricultural transformation and market integration in the ASEAN region.

The launch workshop comprised three objectives: 1. 2. 3. To gain a good understanding of (a) structural transformation and market integration at the global, regional, and national levels relating to agricultural growth and food security in the ASEAN region; and (b) the various initiatives in the region and in target ASEAN member states (AMS) that address food security and inclusiveness concerns; To level off on what the project hopes to achieve and on the roles of various stakeholders; and To develop draft work plans at the regional and national levels toward enhancing the capacity of the ASEAN, and for the AMS to identify and design policies and programs and agri-food value chain investments that would benefit small scale rural producers (SSRPs).