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Food & Agriculture
How Asean can reduce its heavy dependence on imported agricultural inputs
Asean should enhance efficiency of fertiliser application, increase local fertiliser production, and fortify policies on pesticides and seeds.
Food & Agriculture
Asean’s next generation of biofuels needs resilience beyond blending
Will scaling biofuels in Southeast Asia make the region more resilient to oil shocks, or does it introduce new vulnerabilities? Structural risks must be addressed as biofuels take a larger share of the transport fuel mix.
Food & Agriculture
Securing Asean’s food resilience amid the Middle East conflict
The Middle East conflict is set to have a double-whammy impact on both Asean’s import of fertilisers, and its energy-intensive fertiliser production. The timing is critical as in the coming months, the five major crops, including rice, are being planted in Asean.
Food & Agriculture
Women farmers are the first defenders of a warming Southeast Asia
Countries can improve the lot of its women farmers by improving whose names land is registered in, who signs contracts, receives credit and training, and sits in the room when climate‑risk maps are drawn.
All Thailand Opinion
5 March 2026
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Thailand's decarbonisation ambition deserves a bond to match
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7 January 2026
Food & Agriculture
Changing diets amid a changing climate
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9 September 2025
25 July 2025
Policy & Finance
Nature risk is financial risk
15 July 2025
26 May 2025
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7 May 2025
20 April 2025
8 April 2025
26 March 2025
Policy & Finance
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