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Opinion | Australia and New Zealand are key factors for ASEAN’s food security


Opinion | Australia and New Zealand are key factors for ASEAN’s food security

The food security of Southeast Asia is closely linked to that of Northeast Asia. The figures for Northeast Asia’s dependence on food imports for key agricultural products are even more alarming. Japan, for example, depends on imports for wheat (83 percent), soybeans (78 percent) and edible oils (97 percent). Increasing domestic agricultural production seems to […]

Opinion | Australia and New Zealand are key factors for ASEAN’s food security


Opinion | Australia and New Zealand are key factors for ASEAN’s food security

The food security of Southeast Asia is closely linked to that of Northeast Asia. The figures for Northeast Asia’s dependence on food imports for key agricultural products are even more alarming. Japan, for example, depends on imports for wheat (83 percent), soybeans (78 percent) and edible oils (97 percent). Increasing domestic agricultural production seems to […]