Thirteenth Annual Meeting of GMS Working Group on Agriculture (WGA-13)

The 13th Annual Meeting of the Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on Agriculture (WGA AM-13) was held on 28-29 July 2016 in Da Nang, Viet Nam.

Sessions 1 and 2 were chaired by Vu Van Minh, Deputy Director General, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Viet Nam.

Sessions 3 and 4 were chaired by Pavit Ramachandran, Senior Environment Specialist, Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The meeting was attended by representatives from the agriculture ministries of Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam; the GMS National Secretariats; co-financing and development partners; ADB; experts of NIRAS Finland Oy and Agrifood Consulting International, consulting firm engaged to manage the Core Agriculture Support Program Phase II; and other WGA Secretariat staff.