Working Group on Agriculture

Working Group on Agriculture
Updated: 13 November 2009

Overview

The Working Group on Agriculture (WGA) is a mechanism for agricultural cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion, with a mission statement to "help reduce poverty through partnerships with rural communities to promote agriculture trade, food security, and sustainable livelihoods".

Established in 2002, the WGA has since then been working towards the implementation of priority projects under the Core Agriculture Support Program (CASP). This Strategic Framework for Subregional Cooperation in Agriculture 2006-2010 was formally endorsed by the GMS Agriculture Ministers in 2007.

Current priority key areas for the WGA are

1. rural renewable energy;
2. demand and supply of key agricultural products and market information;
3. regional (food) safety standards;
4. agricultural competitiveness;
5. livestock identification and tracking;
6. food security; and
7. global warming (climate change).