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Article: ASEAN has potential to be major food supplier: Malaysian DPM
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 21, 2003
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ASEAN has potential to be major food supplier: Malaysian DPM
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Association of South East
Asian Nations (ASEAN) has the potential to become not only a major
food supplier, but also a significant agricultural trade entity,
Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Thursday.
However, the ASEAN countries need to overcome various challenges
brought about by globalization and liberalization, Abdullah said when
opening the 25th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and
Forestry here.
The Association of South East Asian Nations, founded in 19767,
groups 10 countries in the region with some 550 million people and
the combined gross ...