Article: ASEAN has potential to be major food supplier: Malaysian DPM

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 ...

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