The new Cambodian Prime Minister
Hun Manet joined Philippine President Ferdinand
Marcos Jr. as the ASEAN
Business Advisory Council Philippines signed last
September 5, 2023, Memoranda on Understanding
(MOUs) on Agriculture and
MSME Development with
Cambodia and other ASEAN countries including
Brunei, Singapore, Laos,
Myanmar, Malaysia, and
Indonesia. Thailand and
Vietnam are also expected
to join soon.
The MOUs explore collaborations for
potential agriculture, agriculture technology, food
security, agripreneurship
business models and value chain development
among small, medium and
large farmers, enterprises,
and with government entities. The partnerships are
patterned after the Kapatid
Angat Lahat sa Agri Program (KALAP) which aims
to integrate small farmers
into the value chain of
large agri companies, also
called “big-brother companies” under the KALAP
program
