Time for ASEAN to step up to biotechnology in food production

• Main Authors: Teng, Paul, Montesclaros, Jose Ma. Luis P.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Country and Region Studies; Non-Traditional Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173417
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

China is reportedly planning to double the land it is using for the production of genetically-modified corn amidst the global rise in food-related supply chain tensions. When an agriculture giant like China shifts towards the use of biotech crops to produce high-yielding seeds, it behooves ASEAN to do so as well to assure itself of sufficient feed and food, and to achieve the goals set out in several recent ASEAN declarations pertaining to sustainable agriculture, climate resilience and food security.