Achieving Food Security and Environmental Sustainability in Southeast Asia: A Policy Challenge

摘要: To get a thorough picture on the possible situation of food and the environment in Southeast Asia 2030 to identify areas that need policy intervention, five scenarios future production are reviewed compared. These include: 1) FAO AT 2015/30 which is taken as baseline development, UNEP's GEO-3 2) Policy Reform and 3) Market Forces scenarios, IMAGE 2.2 4) B1 5) A1B scenarios. Based those set policy measures for ASEAN (Association of Nations) is identified, especially regarding crop production. Increased crop region large extent will be achieved by intensification. There room foster the integration environmental concerns into agricultural policy. Closer networking between unit is very important more effective efficient co-operation. It may be necessary up project formulate new ASEAN Common Agricultural (ACAP), covering several elements follows: developing agri-environmental indicators region; improving fertiliser efficiency; limiting pesticide; methane emission from wetland rice; managing land expansion; soil degradation; directing genetically modified (GM) crops development with close scrutinisation, enhancing rural development; benefiting from international trade active co-ordinated participation in talks.