On 24-30 January 2022, Department of Planning and Statistics (DPS), Ministry of AgriculturalFishery and Forestry (MAFF), Cambodia had visited Battambang Province to conduct a pilot survey as a part of the project for Supporting Agricultural Survey on Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in ASEAN region or SAS-PSA project in Cambodia.
This pilot survey was divided into 3 teams for collecting data of the total 220 household samples in 3 districts in Battambang Province namely Banan district, Thma Koul district, and Bavel district. Furthermore, the enumerators were using the Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) for data collection.
This activity aims for enhancing the building capacities, knowledge, as well as experiences of the DPS officials and enumerators on SDG 2.4.1 data collection according to FAO protocols in order to adapt and improve the SDG 2.4.1 survey of Cambodia in the national level.
During the survey period in Cambodia, AFSIS Secretariat couldn’t joint the fieldwork due to the spread of new variant of COVID-19, Omicron. However, the pilot survey was completely successful with great cooperation of farmers. For the next step, the data analysis workshop of the SAS-PSA project will be held in February 2022.
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On 23 April 2026, the AFSIS Secretariat participated in the Ad-Hoc Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF), held via a virtual platform, to discuss the implications of recent developments in the Middle East on regional food security and to identify coordinated measures to enhance ASEAN’s food resilience, in preparation for the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) Meeting.
The agricultural sector plays a vital role in supporting food security and livelihoods across ASEAN, where diverse production capacities shape the availability of major agricultural commodities such as rice, maize, sugarcane, soybean, and cassava. This report examines the SSR patterns across ASEAN to emphasize regional strengths, structural imbalances, and the implications for food security and agricultural policy in the region.
The self-sufficiency ratio (SSR) is a key indicator of food security. It shows how well Southeast Asian countries can meet rice demand through domestic production, with the region overall remaining increasingly self-sufficient despite ongoing challenges.
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On 19 March 2026, the AFSIS Secretariat participated in the Asia and the Pacific Food Systems Forum 2026 under the theme “Feeding the Future, Sustaining the Planet” in Manila, the Philippines, organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) . The forum aimed to promote food security policies, review ADB’s related initiatives, and support long-term food systems transformation.
