Eleventh Meeting of the GMS Working Group on Agriculture (WGA-11)

The 11th Meeting of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Working Group on Agriculture (WGA-11) was held on 26 March 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar simultaneously with the 20th Meeting of the GMS Working Group on Environment (WGE-20). WGA-11 was preceded by a Joint Knowledge Event of WGA and WGE held on 25 March 2014 on the theme “Managing Natural Capital to Ensure Food, Energy, and Water Security.”

The meeting was organized and sponsored by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Myanmar, and attended by participants from the six GMS countries: Cambodia, People’s Republic of China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam; ADB, and WGA Secretariat.

Resource speakers from the public and private sectors, and representatives of development partners, namely, CABI, Conservation International, FAO, Sida, JIRCAS, GiZ, and IRRI, also attended. ADB provided secretariat support.