GrowAsia The Grow Asia Partnership GrowAsia To ensure food security for 9 billion people by 2050, the world will need to produce more food using fewer environmental resources while reinvigorating rural economies. Realizing these gains will require an exceptional level of collaboration among stakeholders in the agricultural value chain, including governments, companies, multilateral and civil-society organizations, farmers, consumers and entrepreneurs. Grow Asia is a multi-stakeholder partnership platform that enables such collaboration and catalyzes action in support of national and regional agriculture development priorities of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) comprising Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The region is home to 600 million people and is the eighth largest economy in the world. Yet a third of the population lives on less than US$2 a day and food security remains a constant threat. Country-led and locally driven, Grow Asia contributes to food and nutrition security by working across agricultural value chains, from farm to fork. Grow Asia supports scalable, market-based solutions for sustainable, inclusive economic growth through agriculture. Grow Asia seeks measurable positive impacts with a focus on smallholder farmers. Grow Asia is convened by the World Economic Forum in partnership with the ASEAN Secretariat. The partnership draws from the experience, models and networks of the World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture (NVA) initiative which facilitates multistakeholder partnerships across the world to deliver food security, environmental sustainability and economic opportunity through agriculture. Vision Purpose Target Role Contribute to food security, environmental sustainability and economic growth through agriculture development in South East Asia. Enable development of environmentally sustainable and inclusive agriculture in South East Asia through innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships and scalable solutions, with a specific focus on smallholder farmers. By 2020, reach 10 million smallholder farmers in South East Asia and enable them to increase their yield and profits by 20%, using 20% less water and emitting 20% less greenhouse gases per tonne of production. Facilitate multi-stakeholder partnerships, catalyze investment, solve problems, monitor impact. Grow Asia Partners Grow Asia is led by a multi-stakeholder community with strong commitment and leadership from the ASEAN country governments, the Grow Asia Business Council and the Grow Asia Civil Society Council in collaboration with farmer leaders, international organizations, donor partners and other key stakeholders. A Grow Asia Secretariat will be established in 2015 in South East Asia to support planning, coordination and delivery of the Grow Asia vision and activities, overseen by a multistakeholder Partnership Steering Committee. Grow Asia Business Council Members Co-chairs: Nestlé and Sinar Mas AGCO Corporation, Bayer Cropscience AG, Brambles Ltd., Bunge Ltd., Cargill Inc., DuPont, International Finance Corporation, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., Lawson, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, MasterCard Inc., Monsanto, PepsiCo Inc., Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd., Syngenta International AG, Unilever, United Phosphorus Inc., Visy International, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Wilmar International Ltd., Yara International ASA, Zhangzidao Group. Grow Asia Civil Society Council Members AsiaDHRRA, Mercy Corps, Rainforest Alliance, The Nature Conservancy. Grow Asia Principles Multistakeholder and inclusive Country-led and locallydriven Harnessing global support Market-based and precompetitive Focused on modular and scalable solutions Outcome focused with measurable impacts Areas of Focus Country Partnerships Area 1 Align with the ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) Framework Grow Asia will build on existing partnerships catalysed by the World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture initiative in the region: Support the delivery of the AIFS Framework’s objectives of long term food security and nutrition and improving the livelihood of farmers in the region through a focus on increasing food production, safety and quality, reducing food loss and promoting markets. Area 2 Support Country and Cross-Border Partnerships Support ongoing country-led partnerships in Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines. Provide advisory support to other ASEAN countries to establish locally driven partnerships. Identify opportunities for cross-border collaboration, spur innovation and facilitate best practice exchange. Area 3 Focus on cross-cutting themes Identify and address common regional and cross-border issues to enable a transformation of the agriculture sector in ASEAN, such as: — Farmer capacity building — Empowering women farmers and entrepreneurs — Knowledge and technology dissemination — Access to financial services — Environmental management (land, water and climate change) — Investment in processing and logistics Vietnam Public Private Task Force on Sustainable Agriculture Formed in 2010 and led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Task Force brings together over 40 organizations and works with five commodity value chains to improve farmer farmer productivity and profitability in an environmentally sustainable manner. Partnership for Indonesia’s Sustainable Agriculture (PISAgro) Formed in 2011, PISAgro engages over 30 organizations together with four Government Ministries to collaborate on 10 value chains, complemented by an agri-finance group. The partnership secretariat is a non-profit, selfsustaining entity. Myanmar Agriculture Network Initiated in 2013, this network engages over 40 organizations as well as the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development to identify common interests and explore partnership opportunities in the agriculture sector. Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture Led by the Government of the Philippines and in collaboration with the private sector and other stakeholders, a new partnership will be launched in the Philippines in 2014. The Grow Asia Agriculture Forum Grow Asia Activities The Grow Asia partnership will convene the second annual Grow Asia Agriculture Forum on 21 April 2015 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. Leaders from ASEAN governments, global and local private sector, international organizations and donor agencies, civil society, farmer associations and research institutes will engage in a highly interactive programme to explore opportunities for investment and partnership for agricultural development and food security in ASEAN. Convene key stakeholders around ASEAN priorities Strengthen and scale country partnerships Catalyse new initiatives and investments Conduct research and analysis Develop and share best practices Set targets and measure impacts The Grow Asia Agriculture Forum will take place annually in advance of the annual World Economic Forum on East Asia. GrowAsia Engage GrowAsia For more information visit our website or contact our team www.weforum.org/ agriculture Kavita Prakash-Mani Special Advisor, Grow Asia kavita.prakashmani@weforum.org Tania Tanvir Associate Director, New Vision for Agriculture Initiative tania.tanvir@ weforum.org October 2014