1. The ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) convened their Forty-Seventh Meeting on 1 October 2025, in Pasay City, Philippines, under the Chairmanship of the Philippines. The Meeting reaffirmed ASEAN’s strong commitment to advancing cooperation in the food, agriculture, and forestry sectors as key drivers of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and its future aspirations.
2. The Meeting recognised the evolving regional and global contexts, particularly the development of the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 of a resilient, innovative, dynamic, and people-centred ASEAN and the AEC Strategic Plan 2026–2030, and reaffirmed the vital role of the FAF sectors in delivering sustainability, inclusivity, resilience, and prosperity for all the peoples of ASEAN. Despite some progress registered in the last State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report 2025, the number of food insecure people in ASEAN countries remain of significant concern with an estimated 14% of the population facing food insecurity, and nearly 228 million (i.e., around 32% of the population) not able to afford a healthy diet, challenging progress in the realisation of the right to food.