Food Security++ and Naturally Green Fields
Organic Production – Naturally Green Fields in the GMS: From Food Security to Food Security++(Availability, Access and Use)
Cambodia
Second GMS Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting (AMM2)
The 2nd Greater Mekong Subregion Agriculture Ministers Meeting is an inter-governmental meeting of Heads of the Minstries of Agriculture of the 6 Greater Mekong Subregion countries. A first meeting of the AMM was held on 10 April 2007 in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
Food Safety and Traceability
Understanding Food Safety Hazards and Risks
Why look at food hazards and risks? Safe food for all is an over-arching motto of all GMS Agriculture Ministries. Promoting public understanding of mitigation and prevention of foodborne diseases is essential.
Greater Mekong Subregion: Becoming a Hub for Safe and Environment-Friendly Food
Salmonella strikes again. (http://www.newsweek.com/salmonella-twenty-six-french-babies-sick-after-d...) In early December 2017, a French company, Lactalis, recalled milk formula, which affected 26 French infants due to salmonella contamination. The milk formula is marketed under different brands called, “Milumel, Celia and Picot” and the contaminated product was also exported to China and other countries i.e.
Strategy for Promoting Safe and Environment-Friendly Agro-Based Value Chains in the Greater Mekong Subregion and Siem Reap Action Plan 2018-2022
The 13th Annual Meeting of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Working Group on Agriculture (WGA) held in Da Nang in July 2016 acknowledged the need for developing a strategy and action plan for promoting safe and environment-friendly agro-based value chains in the GMS. An outline of the strategy and action plan was submitted for notation at the 21st GMS Ministerial Meeting in December 2016. In October 2016, the WGA established the Strategy Drafting Committee responsible for preparing the strategy and action plan through national and regional consultations.
Forest Change in the Greater Mekong Subregion: An Overview of Negative and Positive Drivers
This report presents forest changes in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) over a period of 25 years between 1990 and 2015. It describes key drivers that have affected these changes. Some drivers influenced forests negatively in that they resulted in deforestation and forest degradation. On the other hand, positive drivers promoted sustainable forest management (SFM), afforestation and reforestation and forest conservation.
IFOAM Final Report - Implementing the Greater Mekong Sub-region Core Agriculture Support Program (Phase 2) Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Capacity Building
Under the Core Agricultural Support Program Phase II (CASP II), the countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) aim to be recognized as the leading producers of safe food, using climate-friendly agricultural practices, and integration into regional and global markets through the region’s economic corridors.