Agriculture and ASEAN Economies: Still Key for Growth

• Main Authors: Teng, Paul, McConville, Andrew
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific; Non-Traditional Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80687; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40749
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite its declining contribution to the GDP of ASEAN economies, agriculture remains a major source of employment for rural populations and provides much value add for agrifood industries. The ASEAN region needs to tap more public- private synergies so that agriculture’s contribution to economic gr...