Project to harmonize Asean farm trade

THE Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) launched a project that seeks to harmonize farm trade within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), which has placed integration of agricultural markets high on its policy agenda.

The project called “Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the Asean Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns” (ATMI-Asean) was launched on August 10 in a national inception workshop co-organized with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).