Meeting strengthens Asean regulations on clean agriculture
ASEAN agriculture officials spent two days from July 21-22 at the 23rd meeting of the ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Crops in Vientiane to discuss agricultural regulation improvements and will focus on the supply of high-quality and safe food which meets international standards. “The Agriculture Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has issued clean agriculture regulations, the Agriculture Department’s Deputy Director General, Mr Chantha Thipphavongphanh, told local media, “this would enable Laos to supply a source of commodities to meet international and local market demand, particularly organically grown crops and Good Agriculture Practice products such as sticky rice, tea, coffee and some vegetables. Other crops would require further development before achieving international acceptance.”
