9th ASEAN–India agriculture ministers’ meeting held in New Delhi

The 9th ASEAN-India agriculture ministers’ meeting: what happened?

Agriculture is a people-centred part of the ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Ministers meet to set a multi-year plan. This meeting closed one plan and set up the next.

• The 9th ASEAN–India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry was held on 9 Sep 2026 in New Delhi, co-chaired by the Philippines and India [PIB].
• Focus: climate-resilient agriculture, AI/digital agriculture, food security [PIB].

What did the 2021 to 2025 plan deliver?

• ASEAN-India Joint Leaders’ Statement on Food Security and Nutrition in Response to Crises.
• ASEAN-India Millets Festivals in Jakarta and New Delhi in 2023.
• ASEAN-India Fellowship for Higher Education in Agriculture (2024): 50 Master’s fellowships over five years.

What are the four areas of the new plan?

• Policy dialogue, food security, trade, investment and resilient value chains.
• Institutional networking, information exchange and digital innovation.
• Capacity building, technology cooperation and joint R&D.
• Human-resource development, farmer exchanges and inclusive rural enterprise.
• Suggested projects: low-emission rice, AI and IoT in farming, soil health, alternatives to open crop-residue burning.

What can Prelims ask on the 9th ASEAN-India agriculture ministers’ meeting?

• AIMMAF = ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry; 9th held in New Delhi, 2026.
• ASEAN-India Millets Festivals: Jakarta and New Delhi, 2023.
• New Medium-Term Plan of Action: 2026 to 2030.