Agricultural and food security outlook for Southeast Asia

This chapter presents medium-term projections for markets and production of agricultural and fisheries commodities important for the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members, including the implications of these projections for future food security. It also considers longer-term issues for agriculture and food security in the region, related to the possible impacts of climate change. To this end, it first explores projections of prices, production and trade of key regional agricultural and fisheries commodities. Second, it analyses the impacts of these medium-term projections on regional food security within ASEAN. Third, it considers some of the longer term implications of climate change on agriculture and food security.