On 24 August 2021, the Special Senior Officials Meeting of the 20th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry Plus Three (Special SOM-20th AMAF +3) was held virtually as a Video Conference and honorably hosted by Cambodia.
The attendants were SOM AMAF Leaders, SOM Leaders Plus Three Countries, ASEAN Secretariat, APTERR Secretariat, and AFSIS Secretariat representatives, Dr. Waraporn Saelee, AFSIS Manager, and Ms. Poufai Khukhuntin, Project Coordinator.
In this regard, Dr. Waraporn had presented the outcomes of AFSIS implementation on 2020-2021:Q2, consisting of the administrative function and general management, human resources development, food security information development and reports on 5 main agricultural commodities in ASEAN.
Moreover, she stated one of the future plan to conduct the special meeting on “Discussion of Future of AFSIS” which approximately will be in the end of 2021. Furthermore, the progress of the Project for Supporting Agricultural Survey on Promoting Sustainable Agriculture (SAS-PSA), as well as the future work plan for 2022 were reported to the meeting.
The Meeting acknowledged the contribution of the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand for leading AFSIS Secretariat and also expressed the heartfelt gratitude toward AFSIS’s consistent hard work to strengthening the food security in ASEAN.
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.
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On 5–6 March 2026, the AFSIS Secretariat participated in the 14th Meeting of the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council via video conference, hosted by the Kingdom of Cambodia. The meeting brought together representatives from ASEAN Plus Three countries, the ASEAN Secretariat, the ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the APTERR Secretariat, and the AFSIS Secretariat to discuss key issues related to regional food security and emergency rice reserves.
