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1979 Manila Consensus of the First ASEAN Agriculture Ministers Meeting

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1979 Manila Consensus

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Date of Adoption 29/08/1979
Date of Adoption Comment The 1st ASEAN Agriculture Ministers Meeting was held between 28 to 29 August 1979.
Place of Adoption Manila, the Philippines, 1st ASEAN Agriculture Ministers Meeting
Issued/Adopted by Agricultural Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand
Annexes

Annex A: 1979 Agreement on the ASEAN Food Security Reserve

Annex B: (List of eight institutions of higher learning designated as main training centres. This annex is not available.)

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Status
ASEAN States
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia Signature 29/08/1979
Lao PDR
Malaysia Signature 29/08/1979
Myanmar
Philippines Signature 29/08/1979
Singapore Signature 29/08/1979
Thailand Signature 29/08/1979
Vietnam
Related Instruments
Related Instruments

1993 Ministerial Understanding on ASEAN Cooperation in Food, Agriculture and Forestry

1984 ASEAN Ministerial Understanding On Plant Pest Free Zone

1982 ASEAN Ministerial Understanding on Plant Quarantine Ring

1981 Jakarta Consensus on ASEAN Tropical Forestry

1979 Agreement on the ASEAN Food Security Reserve

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This declaration established the hierarchy of the ASEAN Committee on Food, Agriculture and Forestry (COFAF) as the implementation body of the ASEAN Agricultural Ministers Meeting. The Agricultural Ministers Meeting was later integrated into the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Food, Agriculture and Forestry, with the Senior Officials’ Meeting on Food, Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF) as the main implementing body.

This declaration also established the ASEAN Agricultural Research Coordinating Board.