US Tariffs and ASEAN Food Security: Turning Short-Term Pain into Long-Term Gain
Paul Teng
Southeast Asia could use this disruption in food trade to strengthen collaboration, reduce dependency, and create a truly integrated regional market.

Paul Teng
Southeast Asia could use this disruption in food trade to strengthen collaboration, reduce dependency, and create a truly integrated regional market.
Elyssa Kaur Ludher
Farm labourers returning from overseas can, if empowered, form a pool of experienced talent that Southeast Asia’s vulnerable agricultural sector can tap into for food security.
Paul Teng
To ensure the food security of our region amidst climate change, there is no time like the present to determine how climate and digital technologies can work together to feed ASEAN.
Elyssa Kaur Ludher|Paul Teng
Following the letdown of COP29, ASEAN needs to step up and lead the way in controlling emissions from Southeast Asia’s agri-food system.
Jared Bissinger
Myanmar’s agricultural sector fared relatively well in 2023. The prognosis moving forward is not so bright.
Paul Teng
Agriculture suffers from the impacts of climate change and is also a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. ASEAN, working as a region, must do more to address food security and climate change mitigation.
Damon Chee|Elyssa Kaur Ludher
The industry, though, must overcome closed minds, high prices and perishability before its product can become a meaningful option in the region.
Elyssa Kaur Ludher
The expected advent of the La Niña might portend a double-edged sword for affected regions.
Peter Warr|Huy Quynh Nguyen
There is a case for relaxing Vietnam’s long-standing restrictions on the use of land meant for rice cultivation.
Prapimphan Chiengkul
The drive towards renewable energy in Southeast Asia should not ignore the concept of just energy transition.