Core Goal: Align activities with the ATCWG Strategic Plan (2021–2025) and Korea’s APEC 2025 theme: “Building a Sustainable Tomorrow: Connect, Innovate, Prosper.”
• Key Focus Areas:
• Agricultural innovation, digital transformation (AI, IoT), and technology extension.
• Climate change adaptation/mitigation and circular agriculture (BCG Economy).
• Food security, food safety, nutrition, and reducing food loss and waste (FLW).
• Empowering smallholders, women, youth, and underserved groups (supporting the La Serena Roadmap).
Governance in 2025
• Participate in the ATCWG Fora Assessment.
• Draft the Terms of Reference (2026–2029) and Strategic Plan (2026–2029).
• Draft annual report and conduct Lead Shepherd selection (June 2025).
Key Deliverables & Workshops
1. 29th ATCWG Annual Meeting: August 2025 in Incheon, Korea (SOM3 cluster).
2. Quarantine Regulators Meeting (QRM): April–May 2025, Manila (Australia & Philippines) – “The Evolution of Biosecurity Regulation.”
3. Women in Agricultural Value Chains Workshop: April 2025 (Vietnam) – Scaling up best practices for women’s participation.
4. Small-Scale Women Farmers Empowerment Workshop: July 2025 (Thailand) – Addressing skills gaps and leadership.
5. Digital Agricultural Technologies Workshop: August 2025, Korea – Climate change adaptation and food productivity (AI/IoT focus).
6. Food Loss and Waste (FLW) Workshop: June 2025 – Packaging innovations and progress review.
7. Circular Agriculture Workshop: October 2025 – Net-zero carbon goals and resource recycling.
8. Food System Transformation Workshop: October 2025 (China) – Sustainable agricultural development.